Resolving Community Conflicts and Problems
Edited by Roger A. Lohmann and Jon Van Til
eISBN: 978-0-231-52528-2
(384 pages 15 images / 13 tables)
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Front Matter
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Table of Contents
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Preface
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Introduction
(pages 17-26)
Section I
(pages 27-28)
Introduction
(pages 29-30)
1. The Structure of Sustained Dialogue and Public Deliberation
(pages 31-48)
2. The Sustained Dialogue Model: Transforming Relationships, Designing Change
(pages 49-58)
3. Sustained Dialogue in Action
(pages 59-76)
4. Sustained Dialogue and Public Deliberation: Making the Connection
(pages 77-92)
5. Let's Talk: Dialogue and Deliberation in Higher Education
(pages 93-118)
6. Deliberation, Dialogue, and Deliberative Democracy in Social Work Education and Practice
(pages 119-142)
Section II
(pages 143-144)
Introduction
(pages 145-146)
7. Diving In: A Handbook for Improving Race Relations on College Campuses Through the Process of Sustained Dialogue
(pages 147-182)
8. Derry Exceptionalism and an Organic Model of Sustained Dialogue
(pages 183-201)
9. The Role of Dialogue in Achieving Social Justice at a Large Public University
(pages 202-210)
10. A Public Safety Process: Sustained Dialogue for Situational Policing
(pages 211-228)
11. Facilitating Neighborhood Growth: A Commonsense Approach to Public Safety from the Relational Paradigm
(pages 229-246)
Section III
(pages 247-248)
Introduction
(pages 249-250)
12. The Deliberative Posture
(pages 251-269)
13. Public Deliberation and Dialogue in Public Management
(pages 270-292)
15. Question Mapping: A Method for Organizing and Sustaining Dialogue
(pages 293-307)
16. Applying Family Therapy Principles to the Body Politic Through Sustained Dialogue
(pages 308-326)
Section IV
(pages 327-328)
Introduction
(pages 329-330)
17. Social Entrepreneurship in the Practice of Deliberation and Dialouge
(pages 331-348)
18. The Future of Deliberation and Dialogue Studies
(pages 349-350)
Contributors
(pages 351-354)
Appendix
(pages 355-356)
References
(pages 357-370)
Index
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Resolving Community Conflicts and Problems
Public deliberation and group discussion can strengthen the foundations of civil society, even when the groups engaged in debate share a history of animosity. Scholars have begun to study the dialogue sustaining these conversations, especially its power to unite and divide groups and individuals. The twenty-four essays in this collection analyze public exchanges and the nature of sustained dialogue within the context of race relations, social justice, ethnic conflicts, public-safety issues, public management, community design, and family therapy. They particularly focus on college campuses and the networks of organizations and actors that have found success there. Open discussion may seem like an idealistic if not foolhardy gesture in such milieus, yet in fact the practice proves crucial to establishing and reinforcing civic harmony.
Roger A. Lohmann is emeritus professor of social work at West Virginia University, where he was the founder of the Nova Institute. He is also president of the theory section of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), former editor of the Nonprofit Management and Leadership Journal, and the author of numerous publications, including Breaking Even: Financial Management in Nonprofit Human Services and The Commons: New Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizations, Voluntary Action, and Philanthropy.
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