Managing Social Conflict - The Evolution of a Practical Theory

This article describes the co-evolution of a process and a theory. Through the 1990s, the process known as conferencing moved beyond child welfare and youth justice, to applications in schools, neighbourhoods, and workplaces. In each of these applications, conferencing has assisted participants to a...

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Main Author: Moore, David B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2004
In:Year: 2004
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary:This article describes the co-evolution of a process and a theory. Through the 1990s, the process known as conferencing moved beyond child welfare and youth justice, to applications in schools, neighbourhoods, and workplaces. In each of these applications, conferencing has assisted participants to acknowledge and transform interpersonal conflict, as a prelude to negotiating a plan of action. Much analysis of conferencing has been linked with social theorist John Braithwaite, whose work has influenced the development of a multidisciplinary theory of these process dynamics, and the development of guiding principles. Key links between theory and practice are described in chronological sequence