The Mediation Handbook: Research, theory, and practice

The Handbook of Mediation gathers leading experts across fields related to peace, justice, human rights, and conflict resolution to explore ways that mediation can be applied to a range of spectrums, including new age settings, relationships, organizations, institutions, communities, environmental conflicts, and intercultural and international conflicts. The text is informed by cogent theory, state-of-the-art research, and best practices to provide the reader with a well-rounded understanding of mediation practice in contemporary times.

Based on four signature themes-contexts; skills and competencies; applications; and recommendations-the handbook provides theoretical, applicable, and practical insight into a variety of key approaches to mediation. Authors consider modern conflict on a local and global scale, emphasizing the importance of identifying effective strategies, foundations, and methods to shape the nature of a mediation mindfully and effectively. With a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, the text complements the development of the reader's competencies and understanding of mediation in order to contribute to the advancement of the mediation field.

With a conversational tone that will welcome readers, this comprehensive book is essential reading for students and professionals wanting to learn a wide range of potential interventions for conflict.

Introduction: Revealing the World of Mediation

Alexia Georgakopoulos

Part I: Promoting Dynamic Mediation in the New Age

2. Mediation Career Trends through Time: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges

3. Craig Zelizer & Colleen Chiochetti

4. Online Technology: The New Frontier for Mediation and Conflict Engagement

5. Daniel Rainey & Alan Tidwell

6. Story-Based Inter-Group Mediation

7. Jessica Senehi

8. The Intersection of Improv and Mediation

9. Farshad Farahat, Charles Goesel & Alexia Georgakopoulos

10. Value-Centered Mediation: The Centrality and Use of Meaning and Values
    Mark Kleiman
12. Electronic Mediation

13. Daniel Druckman & Sabine T. Koeszegi

14. Mediation and Spirituality

15. Zena D. Zumeta

    Part II: Mediating in Relational Settings

16. Transformative Mediation: Illustrating a Relational View of Conflict Intervention
    Joseph P. Folger & Dan Simon
18. Narrative Mediation of Family Conflict

19. John Winslade

20. Victim-Offender Mediation: A Humanistic Approach

21. Mark Umbreit & Toran Hansen

22. Brain Science Behind Mediating Relational Conflicts

23. Thomas DiGrazia

24. Mindfulness in Mediation as a Relational Practice

25. Ran Kuttner

26. Mediation and Collaboration with Multiple Disciplines: The Implementation of Systemic Theory in Alternative Dispute Resolution

27. Tommie Boyd & Randy Heller

28. Dynamic Mediation: Integrating Forgiveness

29. John Zivojinovic

    Part III: Mediating in Organizational and Institutional Settings

30. Mediation Within and Between Organizations

31. Christopher Moore

32. Organizational Conflict Management Systems: The Emergence of Mediators as Conflict Resolution Professionals

33. Alexia Georgakopoulos, Harold Coleman, Jr. & Rebecca Storrow

34. Effectiveness of Mediation in the State Agency Grievance Process

35. Jessica Katz Jameson, RaJade M. Berry-James, Dennis M. Daley & Jerrell D. Coggburn

36. Mediation and Dispute Resolution Services in Higher Education

37. Neil H. Katz

38. Mediation as a Tool for Resolvng Workplace Conflicts

39. LaVena Wilkin

40. Health Care Mediation: Promoting Workplace Collaboration and Patient Safety

41. Robin Cooper

42. Institutional Mediation and Access to Justice in the State Court System of the United States

43. Rebecca Storrow

    Part IV: Mediating in Community Settings

44. Promoting Peaceful Communities: The Challenges and Benefits of Community-Police Mediation

45. Evan Hoffman

46. The Prison of Peace Project: A Model for Community Transformation

47. Douglas E. Noll

48. Sustaining Peer Mediation: Remaining Challenges and Opportunities for Peace Educators

49. Cheryl Duckworth

50. Encouraging Effectiveness through Communication Competence in Community Mediation

51. Brian L. Heisterkamp

52. The Space of Conflict: Aesthetic Lessons for Mediators

53. Dorit Cypis

54. From Peers to Parents: Transferring Peer Mediation Skills from School to Family

55. Vitus Ozoke

    Part V: Mediating within Environmental Settings

56. Conflict, Climate Change, and Environmental Catastrophe: How Mediators Can Help Save the Planet

57. Kenneth Cloke

58. Mediators as Leaders in Climate Change: The Power of Neutrality

59. Thomas Fiutak

60. The Role of Mediation in Large-Scale Collaborative Initiatives

61. Marcelle E. DuPraw

62. Mediation at the Nexus of Climate Change and Conflict

63. Oliver Leighton Barrett

64. The Public Sector as Mediator: The Role of Public Institutions in Environmental Collaborations and Conflict Resolution

65. William Hall & Michael Kern

    Part VI: Mediating in International and Intercultural Settings

66. Thinking Locally, Acting Globally: Mediating Beyond Borders and Integrated Global Capacity Building

67. Kenneth Cloke

68. International Multiparty Mediation

69. Sinisa Vukovic

70. Exploring International Mediation: Past, Present and Beyond

71. Lynn Cole

72. Culture, Religion, and Politics in International Mediation

73. Mohammed Abu-Nimer & Timothy Seidel

74. International Mediation: Some Observations and Reflections

75. Sean Byrne

76. Success and Failure of International Mediation: Examining Causes and Conditions that Impede or Assist Process Success

77. Brian Polkinghorn, Anthony Yost & Matt Swiderski
    

78. Mediation and the Challenge of Fostering Reconciliation in Ethno-Political Disputes: The Case of Guyana

79. Perry Mars, Frederic Pearson & Marie Olson-Lounsbery

80. Mediating in the Shadow of Conflict: United States Special Operations Forces in Unconventional Warfare

81. Christian Ramthun, Raffi Mnatzakanian & Patrick James Christian

82. Religion and Mediation: Strange Bedfellows or Natural Allies?

83. S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana

84. Mediating Peacebuilding in Protracted Conflicts: An Interactive Design Framework

Benjamin Broome

Conclusion: The Future of Mediation in a Changing World

George A. Lopez