Staying with Conflict

Winner of the 2009 CPR Award for Outstanding Book

In this groundbreaking book, Bernard Mayer, a pioneer in the
field of conflict resolution, offers a new paradigm for dealing
with long-term disputes. Mayer explains that when dealing with
enduring conflict, mediators and other conflict resolution
specialists need to move past the idea of how quickly they can
resolve the conflict. Instead, they should focus on how they can
help people prepare to engage with an issue over time. Once their
attention is directed away from a speedy resolution to a long-term
approach, new avenues of intervention become apparent.

Auteur

THE AUTHOR BERNARD MAYER, Ph.D., mediator, facilitator, trainer, and researcher, is a professor at the Werner Institute for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution at Creighton University and a founding partner of CDR Associates, based in Boulder, Colorado. In addition, Mayer is the author of The Dynamics of Conflict Resolution and Beyond Neutrality.

Résumé
Winner of the 2009 CPR Award for Outstanding Book In this groundbreaking book, Bernard Mayer, a pioneer in the field of conflict resolution, offers a new paradigm for dealing with long-term disputes. Mayer explains that when dealing with enduring conflict, mediators and other conflict resolution specialists need to move past the idea of how quickly they can resolve the conflict. Instead, they should focus on how they can help people prepare to engage with an issue over time. Once their attention is directed away from a speedy resolution to a long-term approach, new avenues of intervention become apparent.

Contenu

Preface vii

1. A New Direction for the Conflict Field 1

2. Conflict and Engagement 19

3. Escaping the Avoidance Trap 55

4. Working the Conflict Narrative 87

5. Communicating in Enduring Conflict 119

6. Using Power and Escalation 151

7. Agreements in Ongoing Conflict 181

8. Taking a Sustainable Approach to Enduring Conflict 207

9. Conflict Specialists and Enduring Conflict 237

Epilogue: The Dynamic Nature of Enduring Conflict 267

References 273

About the Author 281

Index 283