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New to the Third Edition: Expanded content on the role of evaluative mediation reflects the latest changes to the alternative dispute resolution field, helping students to distinguish between various approaches to mediation. Additional discussions around careers in conflict management familiarize students with employment opportunities for mediators, standards of professional conduct, and professional mediator competencies. New activities and case studies throughout each chapter assist students in developing their mediation competency. KEY FEATURES: The Balanced Mediation Model is used throughout as the philosophical approach and integrating model. Examples and case studies in every chapter illustrate key concepts and practices. The benefits of mediation training in everyday life, as well as career opportunities for mediators, are covered in Chapter 11. Chapter-ending discussion questions provide readers with opportunities to explore the intricacies of the theoretical discussions and to draw insights about the mediation process. Full role-play practice cases are provided in an Appendix.

Acknowledgments -- Interpersonal conflict causes and patterns -- Conflict in everyday life -- Conflict management theories -- Competitive and cooperative conflict approaches -- Causes of conflict -- How sex/gender, race, culture, and generation affect conflict -- How power, trust, and humor affect conflict -- Conflict management skills -- Listening and seeking information -- Conflict style and emotional intelligence -- Negotiation -- Conflict assessment -- Conflict in specialized circumstances -- Bullies and difficult people -- Mediation and other conflict interventions -- Managing the aftermath: anger, apology, forgiveness, and reconciliation -- Conflict in context -- Families and conflict -- Conflict in intimate relationships -- Conflict in the workplace -- Conflict and social media -- Appendix -- Glossary