Encyclopedia of Conflict Resolution / Edition 2

by Heidi Burgess, Guy M. Burgess

Overview

In the past 20 years, conflict resolution—which includes such negotiation techniques as mediation and arbitration—has grown rapidly as a scholarly and professional field. More and more people are finding that these techniques provide an efficient and cost-effective means of settling personal, organizational, business, community, and international disputes. Encyclopedia of Conflict Resolution is the first of its kind and presents all the concepts, techniques, information, and resources vital to this important field.

Topics covered include events, people, organizations, and training and academic programs. This is a useful reference work for students, parents, teachers, and business people, as well as mediators and other conflict resolution professionals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780874368390
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/01/1997
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Heidi Burgess and Guy M. Burgess are co-directors of the Conflict Research Consortium at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO specializing in the resolution of intractable conflict.

Editorial Reviews

Essential for high school, undergraduate, and graduate collections, as well as for scholars who require a handbook on the subject.” —Choice

“…a thoughtful, well-written, and remarkably concise work that addresses a real need in the field….” —Alternative Newsletter

From the Publisher

Entries numbering above 300 cover conflict resolution's key concepts, techniques, processes, and critical issues, as well as the contexts in which disputes occur. Events, cases, concepts, persons, and organizations covered include the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968); Mary Parker Follett, the mother of the dispute resolution field; and Search for Common Ground, a Washington DC-based organization that uses citizen diplomacy to design solutions for divisive national and international problems. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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