Dealing with differences [[electronic resource] ] : dramas of mediating public disputes / / John Forester

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780818403321
• Autore: Forester John <1948->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0-19-773317-4; 0-19-988893-0; 0-19-538590-X; 1-282-34637-7; 9786612346378; 0-19-974501-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6/9
• Soggetti: Political planning - Citizen participation; Policy sciences; Mediation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction: Discovery, Creativity, and Change in the Face of Conflict; Part One: When Parties Conflict, Expect that More Is Possible than Anyone Says; 1. Beyond Promises: Making Public Participation and Democratic Deliberation Work; 2. Cultivating Surprise and the Art of the Possible: The Drama of Mediating Differences; Part Two: Respecting Value Differences and Acting Practically Together Too; 3. Exploring Values-Based Disputes; 4. Dealing with Deep Value Differences in Participatory Processes; Part Three: From Venting and Posturing to Learning and Proposing; 5. Practical Consensus Building in the Face of Deep Value Differences: Negotiating HIV/AIDS Prevention6. Planning and Mediation, Participation and Posturing: What's a Facilitative Leader to Do?; Part Four: From Arguing to Inventing, from Presuming to Enabling Action; 7. Making Public Participation in Governance Work: Distinguishing and Integrating Dialogue, Debate, and Negotiation; 8. Envisioning Possibilities: How Humor and Irony Recognize Dignity and Build Power; ; 9. Conclusion: Transforming Participatory Processes Integrating and Transcending Dialogue, Debate, and Negotiation; Appendixes; NotesBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
• Sommario/riassunto: Conflict and dispute pervade political and policy discussions. Moreover, unequal power relations tend to heighten levels of conflict. In this context of contention, figuring out ways to accommodate others and reach solutions that are agreeable to all is a perennial challenge for activists, politicians, planners, and policymakers. John Forester is one of America's eminent scholars of progressive planning and dispute resolution in the policy arena, and in Dealing with Differences he focuses on a series of 'hard cases'--conflicts that appeared to be insoluble yet which were resolved in the end. F

Constructive illusions : misperceiving the origins of international cooperation / / Eric Grynaviski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812648903321
• Autore: Grynaviski Eric <1977->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ithaca, New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-8014-5464-6; 0-8014-5465-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.1/1
• Soggetti: International relations - Philosophy; International cooperation; Miscommunication - Political aspects; Detente; United States Foreign relations 1969-1974
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. When Common Knowledge Is Wrong -- 2. Détente -- 3. The Anti-; Ballistic Missile Treaty -- 4. The Decline of Détente -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Are the best international agreements products of mutual understanding? The conventional wisdom in economics, sociology, and political science is that accurate perceptions of others' interests, beliefs, and ideologies promote cooperation. Obstacles to international cooperation therefore emerge from misperception and misunderstanding. In Constructive Illusions, Eric Grynaviski challenges this conventional wisdom by arguing that when nations wrongly believe they share a mutual understanding, international cooperation is actually more likely, and more productive, than if they had a genuine understanding of each other's position. Mutual understanding can lead to breakdowns in cooperation by revealing intractable conflicts of interest, identity, and ideology. Incorrectly assuming a mutual understanding exists, in contrast, can enhance cooperation by making actors confident that collaborative ventures are in both parties' best interest and that both parties have a reliable understanding of the terms of cooperation. Grynaviski shows how such constructive misunderstandings allowed for cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1972 and 1979.During détente, the superpowers reached more than 150 agreements, established standing consultative committees, regularly held high-level summit meetings, and engaged in global crisis management. The turn from enmity to cooperation was so stark that many observers predicted a permanent end to the Cold War. Why did the superpowers move from confrontation to cooperation? Grynaviski's theory of the role of misunderstanding in cooperation provides an explanation that is significantly different from liberal institutionalist and constructivist approaches. This book's central claim is that states can form what French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing called "a superb agreement based on complete misunderstanding."