Resolving Public Conflict: Transforming Community and Governance (Political Analyses) - Softcover

Dukes, E. Franklin; Dukes, Franklin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719045134 ISBN 13: 9780719045134

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This work aims to move beyond the orthodox remedies of right and left to explain how the field of public conflict resolution offers a way to cut through the impasse in public policy-making. Drawing on conflict resolution experience and recent democratic theory, the author traces the philosophical roots and development of the public conflict resolution field. He examines how it has worked in practice, in the US and other western democracies. Finally, he argues that a more systematic application of public conflict resolution by policy-makers would confront three key problems of contemporary democratic society: the disintegration of community, alienation from government, and the inability to solve public disputes.

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About the Author

A mediator, Dr. Dukes directs the Institute for Environmental Negotiation at the University of Virginia. He has worked at local, state, and federal levels on projects involving environment and land use, community development, education, and health. He founded the Community-Based Collaboratives Research Consortium and is co-founder and core faculty of the Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute. His Resolving Public Conflict: Transforming Community and Governance describes how conflict resolution can assist in strengthening democracy. He is also co-author of Reaching for Higher Ground in Conflict Resolution, which describes how diverse groups and communities can create expectations for addressing conflict with integrity, vision, and creativity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719045134
• ISBN 13: 9780719045134
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240