Resolving Community Conflicts and Problems

Resolving Community Conflicts and Problems

Public Deliberation and Sustained Dialogue

Edited by: Roger Lohmann and Jon Van Til

Columbia University Press | 2011

https://doi.org/10.7312/lohm15168

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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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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.

Jon Van Til is professor emeritus of urban studies and community planning at Rutgers University. He is also past president of ARNOVA, the former editor in chief of the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, executive secretary of the Civil Society Design Network, and author of publications that include Mapping the Third Sector: Voluntarism in a Changing Social Economy; Growing Civil Society: From Nonprofit Sector to Third Space; and Breaching Derry's Walls: The Quest for a Lasting Peace in Northern Ireland.

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Mark Umbreit, University of Minnesota:
Resolving Community Conflicts and Problems is a very timely, substantive, and much needed addition to the literature. Far too little is available on the topic of public deliberation and sustained dialogue. I have little doubt that this book will provide an important contribution to the field.

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
Contents Free access PDF PDF	v
Preface Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	ix
Introduction Roger A. Lohmann, Jon Van Til and Dolly Ford Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
SECTION I. BASIC STATEMENTS
Introduction Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	13
1. The Structure of Sustained Dialogue and Public Deliberation Jon Van Til Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	15
2. The Sustained Dialogue Model: Transforming Relationships, Designing Change Harold H. Saunders and Priya Narayan Parker Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	33
3. Sustained Dialogue in Action Harold H. Saunders and Priya Narayan Parker Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	43
4. Sustained Dialogue and Public Deliberation: Making the Connection David Robinson Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	61
5. Let’s Talk: Dialogue and Deliberation in Higher Education Lisa Bedinger Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	77
6. Deliberation, Dialogue, and Deliberative Democracy in Social Work Education and Practice Roger A. Lohmann and Nancy Lohmann Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	103
SECTION II. SUSTAINED DIALOGUE IN PRACTICE
Introduction Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	129
7. Diving In: A Handbook for Improving Race Relations on College Campuses Through the Process of Sustained Dialogue Teddy Nemeroff and David Tukey Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	131
8. Derry Exceptionalism and an Organic Model of Sustained Dialogue Nick Acheson and Carl Milofsky Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	167
9. The Role of Dialogue in Achieving Social Justice at a Large Public University Jennifer McIntosh and Charles Morris Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	186
10. A Public Safety Process: Sustained Dialogue for Situational Policing James J. Nolan, Norman Conti and Corey Colyer Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	195
11. Facilitating Neighborhood Growth: A Commonsense Approach to Public Safety from the Relational Paradigm James J. Nolan, Jeri Kirby and Ronald Althouse Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	213
SECTION III. PUBLIC DELIBERATION IN PRACTICE
Introduction Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	233
12. THE DELIBERATIVE POSTURE David Ryfe Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	235
13. Public Deliberation and Dialogue in Public Management David G. Williams Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	254
14. Deliberation and Dialogue and Commons Theory Roger A. Lohmann Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	264
15. Question Mapping: A Method for Organizing and Sustaining Dialogue Richard F. Ludeman and Erna Gelles Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	277
16. Applying Family Therapy Principles to the Body Politic Through Sustained Dialogue Neal Newfield and Susan Newfield Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	292
SECTION IV. BUILDING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH
Introduction Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	313
17. Social Entrepreneurship in the Practice of Deliberation and Dialogue Roger A. Lohmann Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	315
18. The Future of Deliberation and Dialogue Studies Jon Van Til and Dolly Ford Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	333
List of Contributors Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	335
Appendix: Core Principles for Public Engagement Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	339
References Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	341
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	355

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