Argumentation in dispute mediation a reasonable way to handle conflict - Greco Morasso, Sara (John Benjamins Pub., 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Argumentation in Dispute Mediation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Argumentation in mediation; Chapter 2. Mediation as a context of argumentative interactions; Chapter 3. Mapping mediation; Chapter 4. Towards an ontology-oriented conceptual framework of mediation; Chapter 5. The argumentative perspective; Chapter 6. Results of the argumentative analysis; Conclusive remarks; References; Annex: List of interviewed professionals; Index of authors; Index of terms; The Argumentation in Context series
The context of mediation immediately highlights the importance of argumentation as a means to reasonably handle conflict. Argumentation in dispute mediation tackles this topic providing both theoretical insights and detailed empirical argumentative analysis. Its goal is twofold: to explore mediation as a real-life context of argumentation and to show how an increased argumentative awareness could improve conflict resolution. Particular emphasis is accorded to mapping mediation through an interdisciplinary reasoned review of existing accounts. The outline of a conceptual framework of mediation c