Dealing with Differences: Dramas of Mediating Public Disputes

by John Forester

Book Overview

Conflict and dispute pervade political and policy discussions. Moreover, unequal power relations tend to heighten levels of conflict. In this context of contention, figuring out ways to accommodate others and reach solutions that are agreeable to all is a perennial challenge for activists, politicians, planners, and policymakers. John Forester is one of America's eminent scholars of progressive planning and dispute resolution in the policy arena,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019538590X
• ISBN13: 9780195385908
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"