Mediating inequality : mediators' perspectives on power imbalances in public disputes
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.
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| author | Gensberg, Alexis L. (Alexis Learn), 1977- |
| author2 | Lawrence Susskind. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/664002019-04-10T12:27:18Z Mediating inequality : mediators' perspectives on power imbalances in public disputes Mediators' perspectives on power imbalances in public disputes Gensberg, Alexis L. (Alexis Learn), 1977- Lawrence Susskind. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003. Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-109). Mediators of public disputes respond to inequalities among parties in a variety of ways. In order to understand the range of interventions they employ and the reasoning behind these interventions, I interviewed 17 experienced public disputes mediators about their individual practice guidelines. I found that mediators' interventions differed substantially when deciding what interests need to be at the table, in providing information to parties on finding technical assistance, and in analyzing emerging agreements. Most mediators interviewed agreed that they should disclose or make obvious to all parties the nature of their contact with an individual party, and that it is inappropriate for them to recommend a specific course of action to a party or a specific solution to the group. In addition, a number of interviewees said that they felt uncomfortable defining the guidelines other mediators should follow. Given this range of responses, I suggest that to better inform parties in a dispute about how the mediator will handle inequalities, it is important that mediators disclose certain approaches before beginning a mediation. The responsibility to disclose can take the place of specific ethical guidelines for public dispute mediators in situations characterized by inequalities. If the mediator responses I found indicate the range of views that exists among public disputes mediators in general, then the field of public disputes mediation is currently too inchoate for a unified set of ethical or practice guidelines to be useful. by Alexis L. Gensberg. M.C.P. 2011-10-17T21:21:43Z 2011-10-17T21:21:43Z 2003 2003 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66400 52971312 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 113 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Urban Studies and Planning. Gensberg, Alexis L. (Alexis Learn), 1977- Mediating inequality : mediators' perspectives on power imbalances in public disputes |
| title | Mediating inequality : mediators' perspectives on power imbalances in public disputes |
| title_full | Mediating inequality : mediators' perspectives on power imbalances in public disputes |
| title_fullStr | Mediating inequality : mediators' perspectives on power imbalances in public disputes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mediating inequality : mediators' perspectives on power imbalances in public disputes |
| title_short | Mediating inequality : mediators' perspectives on power imbalances in public disputes |
| title_sort | mediating inequality mediators perspectives on power imbalances in public disputes |
| topic | Urban Studies and Planning. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66400 |
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