Table of Contents
Introduction: Revealing the World of Mediation
Alexia Georgakopoulos
Part I: Promoting Dynamic Mediation in the New Age
- Mediation Career Trends through Time: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges
Craig Zelizer & Colleen Chiochetti
- Online Technology: The New Frontier for Mediation and Conflict Engagement
Daniel Rainey & Alan Tidwell
- Story-Based Inter-Group Mediation
Jessica Senehi
- The Intersection of Improv and Mediation
Farshad Farahat, Charles Goesel & Alexia Georgakopoulos
- Value-Centered Mediation: The Centrality and Use of Meaning and Values
Mark Kleiman - Electronic Mediation
Daniel Druckman & Sabine T. Koeszegi
- Mediation and Spirituality
Zena D. Zumeta
Part II: Mediating in Relational Settings
- Transformative Mediation: Illustrating a Relational View of Conflict Intervention
Joseph P. Folger & Dan Simon - Narrative Mediation of Family Conflict
John Winslade
- Victim Offender Mediation: A Humanistic Approach
Mark Umbreit & Toran Hansen
- Brain Science Behind Mediating Relational Conflicts
Thomas DiGrazia
- Mindfulness in Mediation as a Relational Practice
Ran Kuttner
- Mediation and Collaboration with Multiple Disciplines: The Implementation of Systemic Theory in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Tommie Boyd & Randy Heller
- Dynamic Mediation: Integrating Forgiveness
John Zivojinovic
Part III: Mediating in Organizational and Institutional Settings
- Mediation Within and Between Organizations
Christopher Moore
- Organizational Conflict Management Systems: The Emergence of Mediators as Conflict Resolution Professionals
Alexia Georgakopoulos, Harold Coleman, Jr. & Rebecca Storrow
- Effectiveness of Mediation in the State Agency Grievance Process
Jessica Katz Jameson, RaJade M. Berry-James, Dennis M. Daley & Jerrell D. Coggburn
- The Prison of Peace Project: A Model for Community Transformation
Douglas E. Noll
- Mediation and Dispute Resolution Services in Higher Education
Neil H. Katz
- Mediation as a Tool for Resolvng Workplace Conflicts
LaVena Wilkin
- Health Care Mediation: Promoting Workplace Collaboration and Patient Safety
Robin Cooper
- Institutional Mediation and Access to Justice in the State Court System of the United States
Rebecca Storrow
Part IV: Mediating in Community Settings
- Promoting Peaceful Communities: The Challenges and Benefits of Community-Police Mediation
Evan Hoffman
- Sustaining Peer Mediation: Remaining Challenges and Opportunities for Peace Educators
Cheryl Duckworth
- Encouraging Effectiveness through Communication Competence in Community Mediation
Brian L. Heisterkamp
- The Space of Conflict: Aesthetic Lessons for Mediators
Dorit Cypis
- From Peers to Parents: Transferring Peer Mediation Skills from School to Family
Vitus Ozoke
Part V: Mediating within Environmental Settings
- Conflict, Climate Change, and Environmental Catastrophe: How Mediators Can Help Save the Planet
Kenneth Cloke
- Mediators as Leaders in Climate Change: The Power of Neutrality
Thomas Fiutak
- The Role of Mediation in Large-Scale Collaborative Initiatives
Marcelle E. DuPraw
- Mediation at the Nexus of Climate Change and Conflict
Oliver Leighton Barrett
- The Public Sector as Mediator: The Role of Public Institutions in Environmental Collaborations and Conflict Resolution
William Hall & Michael Kern
Part VI: Mediating in International and Intercultural Settings
- Thinking Locally, Acting Globally: Mediating Beyond Borders and Integrated Global Capacity Building
Kenneth Cloke
- International Multiparty Mediation
Siniša Vuković
- Exploring International Mediation: Past, Present and Beyond
Lynn Cole
- Culture, Religion, and Politics in International Mediation
Mohammed Abu-Nimer & Timothy Seidel
- International Mediation: Some Observations and Reflections
Sean Byrne
- Success and Failure of International Mediation: Examining Causes and Conditions that Impede or Assist Process Success
Brian Polkinghorn, Anthony Yost & Matt Swiderski
- Mediation and the Challenge of Fostering Reconciliation in Ethno-Political Disputes: The Case of Guyana
Perry Mars, Frederic Pearson & Marie Olson-Lounsbery
- Mediating in the Shadow of Conflict: United States Special Operations Forces in Unconventional Warfare
Christian Ramthun, Raffi Mnatzakanian & Patrick James Christian
- Religion and Mediation: Strange Bedfellows or Natural Allies?
S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana
- Mediating Peacebuilding in Protracted Conflicts: An Interactive Design Framework
Benjamin Broome
Conclusion: The Future of Mediation in a Changing World
George A. Lopez