Publisher's Synopsis
Mediation has become an integral part of resolving disputes in our increasingly contentious society. And while labor, family, and divorce conflicts were the major part of mediation practice just a decade ago, now the field has exploded to include a growing range of commercial, interpersonal, public, and international arenas.The Mediation Process, originally published in 1986, has been a vital resource in the field for the practitioners, trainers, students, and professionals in corporate, legal, health care, education, and governmental arenas. Now the long–awaited new edition has been revised and expanded to include comprehensive coverage of the most contemporary issues in mediation practice?and to provide updated bibliographical resources.