Title
Argumentation in dispute mediation [electronic resource] : a reasonable way to handle conflict / Sara Greco Morasso.
ISBN
9789027287274 (electronic book)
9789027211200
Publication Details
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 291 p.) : ill.
Call Number
P301.5.P47 M665 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.6/9014
Summary
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 constitutes a solid basis for the study of argumentation in mediation. The argumentative analysis of a corpus of mediation cases, based on the pragma-dialectical account and the Argumentum Model of Topics, shows the mediator's moves which actually help conflicting parties discuss reasonably. The mediator's topical potential plays a crucial role in this relation at the levels of issue selection, evoking of cultural-contextual premises and choice of argument schemes.
Note
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 constitutes a solid basis for the study of argumentation in mediation. The argumentative analysis of a corpus of mediation cases, based on the pragma-dialectical account and the Argumentum Model of Topics, shows the mediator's moves which actually help conflicting parties discuss reasonably. The mediator's topical potential plays a crucial role in this relation at the levels of issue selection, evoking of cultural-contextual premises and choice of argument schemes.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Series
Argumentation in context ; v. 3.
Chapter 1. Argumentation in mediation
Chapter 2. Mediation as a context of argumentative interactions
Chapter 3. Mapping mediation: A necessary prerequisite to the argumentative analysis
Chapter 4. Towards an ontology-oriented conceptual framework of mediation,
Chapter 5. The argumentative perspective: An integrated ontology-oriented framework of mediation
Chapter 6. Results of the argumentative analysis: Responses to the research questions and exceeding evidence
Chapter 7. Conclusive remarks
References
Annex List of interviewed professionals
Index of authors
Index of terms.
