Staying with conflict:a strategic approach to ongoing disputes

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mayer Bernard S., 1946-
Published: Jossey-Bass,
Publisher Address: San Francisco, CA
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xvii, 296 p.: ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780787997298 (cloth)
0787997293 (cloth)
Index Number: B848
CLC: B848
C912.1
Call Number: B848/M468
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-279) and index.
A new direction for the conflict field -- Conflict and engagement -- Escaping the avoidance trap -- Working the conflict narrative -- Communicating in enduring conflict -- Using power and escalation -- Agreements in ongoing conflict -- Taking a sustainable approach to enduring conflict -- Conflict specialists and enduring conflict -- Epilogue: the dynamic nature of enduring conflict.
This volume explores a new method of dealing with conflict. It shows us how to embrace these conflicts, accept their central role in our work and private lives, and learn to live with them.