Conflict Dialogue: Working With Layers of Meaning for Productive Relationships

by Peter M. Kellett

Overview

Conflicts are more effectively managed if people understand the layers meaning in their conflicts and collaborate based on those meanings. In this book, author Peter M. Kellett analyzes and interprets real-life conflict stories as a way to create opportunities for more productive ways to navigate and resolve conflict.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412909303
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/06/2006
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter M. Kellett (Ph.D., Southern Illinois University) is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  His research, teaching, and service focus on the narrative analysis and dialogic management of conflict as this helps people build healthier, more productive and peaceful relationships.  His most recent publication is, “Dialectical Tensions and Dialogic Moments as Pathways to Peak Experiences” (with H.L. Goodall, Jr.), in R. Anderson, L.A. Baxter, & K.N. Cissna (2004), Dialogue: Theorizing Differences in Communication Studies.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Conflict Stories, Dialogue, and Negotiation: Concepts and Techniques
1: Stories and the Meaning of Conflicts
2: From Meaning—-to Dialogic Negotiation—-to New Meaning
3: Language as the Fabric of Conflict—-and the Foundation for Dialogic Negotiation
Part II: Conflict Stories and the Negotiation of Relationship Dynamics
4: We Belong Together but We Still Have Conflict: Negotiating Synchronicity in Relationships
5: Where Do We Go From Here? Negotiating Through—-and Learning From—-Crossroads Moments in Relationships
Part III: Stories and the Psychodynamics of Conflict
6: What Is This Really About? Working With Displacement in Conflict Communication
7: What Do We Represent to Each Other? Understanding Projection and Negotiating Conflict
Part IV: Using Story Dynamics to Understand and Negotiate Conflict
8: Heroes and Sheroes, Villians, Victims, and Fools: Using Story Archetypes to Understand Conflicts
9: Learning to Tell the Next Chapter: Story Archetypes and the Negotiation and Mediation of New Meanings in Conflicts
10: Putting It All Together: From an Old Story—-to a New Meaning—-to a New Story
References
Index
About the Author

Editorial Reviews

"Overall, the book has interesting ideas for using a narrative approach to examining conflict stories " —CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY

CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY - Richard W. Ackley

"Overall, the book has interesting ideas for using a narrative approach to examining conflict stories " -CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY— Richard W. Ackley

Contemporary Psychology