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Resolving Community Conflicts and Problems: Public Deliberation and Sustained Dialogue

Resolving Community Conflicts and Problems: Public Deliberation and Sustained Dialogue

Van Til, Jon
Lohmann, Roger

Hardcover

CriminologyGeneral Political SciencePoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 0231151683
ISBN13: 9780231151689
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Published: Oct 18 2011
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
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.

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