Mediating Dangerously

Sometimes it's necessary to push beyond the usual limits of themediation process to achieve deeper and more lasting change.Mediating Dangerously shows how to reach beyond technical andtraditional intervention to the outer edges and dark places ofdispute resolution, where risk taking is essential and fundamentalchange is the desired result. It means opening wounds and lookingbeneath the surface, challenging comfortable assumptions, andexploring dangerous issues such as dishonesty, denial, apathy,domestic violence, grief, war, and slavery in order to reach adeeper level of transformational change. Mediating Dangerously shows conflict resolution professionals howto advance beyond the traditional steps, procedures, and techniquesof mediation to unveil its invisible heart and soul and to revealthe subtle and sensitive engine that drives the process of personaland organizational transformation. This book is a major newcontribution to the literature of conflict resolution that willinspire and educate professionals in the field for years to come.

THE INNER FRONTIERS. The Dangers of Mediation. Suppression, Settlement, and Resolution. Honesty and Empathy: Speaking the Unspeakable. When Helping Becomes a Hindrance. Exploring the Conflicts Within Ourselves. Fear, Apathy, Insanity, and Dishonesty. Dismantling the Desire for Revenge. The Magic of Forgiveness. The Significance of Spirit. Conflict as a Spiritual Path. THE OUTER FRONTIERS. Mediating Fascism and Oppressive Relationships. Power, Rights, and Interests. Creating Responsible Communities. What's Better Than the Rule of Law. Shifting from Debate to Dialogue. Improving the Way We Fight. Transforming the System. The Politics of Conflict. Conflict Resolution Systems Design and the United Nations. Where Inner and Outer Frontiers Meet.