Student Conflict Resolution Bookshelf
Note: Each issue of our Conflict Management in Higher Education Report includes some reviews of books and resources. See our table of contents to past resource reviews for quick access.
On this page we provide somewhat random selection of books on topics we think might interest students exploring our field.
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From Our Bookshelf
Title: Ombuds Handbook: A Practical Guide to Establishing and Operating an Ombuds Office on a College or University Campus, The
By: Griffin, Tim; Hudson, Betty Jo; Rauss, Karen; Sebok, Tom; Wilcox, Linda
Date: 1995
Publisher: University and College Ombuds Association
Title: Helping Teens Stop Violence: A Practical Guide for Counselors, Educators, and Parents (2nd Edition)
By: Creighton, Allan ; Knievel, Paul
Date: 1992
Based on programs developed by the Oakland Men's Project, this book offers a proactive, multicultural approach for getting at the roots of violent behavior. The activities and workshops described in the book explore how violence manifests in families and dating; how issues of race, gender, and age are involved; and how teens can work to stop the violence in their lives. It includes curricula for classrooms and support groups, and strategies to support peer counselors and help abused teens. -Hunter House Publishers
Publisher: Alameda, CA: Hunter House
Pages: 152
ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 0897931157
Obtain From: Libraries and major booksellers.
Title: Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict
By: Kurtz, Lester R., ed.; Turpin, Jennifer E., ed.
Date: 1999
This resource text provides a starting point for newcomers to the conflict resolution and peace studies field by introducing major theories, concepts, and topics. Contributors come from multiple perspectives and academic disciplines and provide a wide range of articles and materials which are fully indexed and cross- referenced.
Publisher: Academic Press
Pages: 2598
ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 012227010X
Obtain From: major booksellers
Title: Conflict Resolution for the Helping Professions
By: Barsky, Allan Edward
Date: 1999
This book is intended to help developing professionals become reflexive practitioners by offering theory, skills, and exercises for conflict resolution.
Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 053435923X
Obtain From: major booksellers
Title: Face to Face: Communication and Conflict Resolution in the Schools
By: Morse, Philip S.; Ivey, Allen E.
Date: 1996
In this work, "Morse and Ivey show you how to go from adversarial approaches to caring and helping--without losing control of the situation. They offer you time-tested methods that counselors and therapists have used successfully for years, methods that you can modify for your personality and your school."
Publisher: Corwin Press
Pages: 112
ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 0803963076(hardcover), 0803963084(paperback)
Obtain From: Sage Publications, Inc.
Title: Conflict and Change on Campus: The Response to Student Hyper-Activism
By: Brickman, William; Lehrer, Stanley
Date: 1970
Publisher: New York: School and Society Books
Title: Conflict Resolution: Communication, Cooperation, Compromise
By: Wandberg, Robert
Date: 2000
This book examines the use of communication, cooperation, and compromise to resolve conflicts involving teenagers.
Publisher: Lifematters
ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 0736806954
Obtain From: major booksellers
Title: Mediation: Law, Policy and Practice
By: Rogers, N.; McEwen, C.
Date: 1994
Deerfield, IL: Clark Boardman Callaghan
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Title: Patterns of Conflict, Paths to Peace
By: Fisk, Larry, ed.; Schellenberg, John, ed.
Date: 2000
This well-balanced Canadian introductory textbook explores the nature of conflict and the patterns which it takes as well as the strategies for approaching and/or overcoming antagonistic relationships in a variety of arenas: interpersonal and familial, political, economic and international.
Publisher: Broadview Press
Pages: 220
ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 1551111543
Obtain From: major booksellers
Title: Negotiation as a Social Process
By: Kramer, Roderick M., ed.; Messick, David M., ed.
Date: 1995
Negotiation as a Social Process covers a wide range of topics, including the role of group identification and accountability on negotiator judgment and decision making, the importance of power-dependence relations on negotiation, intergroup bargaining, coalitional dynamics in bargaining, social influence processes in negotiation, cross-cultural perspectives on negotiation, and the impact of social relationships on negotiation.
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Inc.
Pages: 360
ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 0803957378(hardcover), 0803957386(paperback)
Obtain From: Sage Publications, Inc.
Title: Ukraine: The Legacy of Intolerance
By: Little, David
Date: 1991
This text examines the complex history of the Ukrainian conflict, explores the contending claims of the different churches, and analyzes the prospects for resolution.
Publisher: Herndon, VA: USIP Press
Pages: 136
ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 1-878379-12-7
Obtain From: USIP Press or major booksellers.
Title: Arbitration 1998, the Changing World of Dispute Resolution: Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting National Academy of Arbitrators
By: Najita, Joyce
Date: 1999
This book contains the proceedings from the 51st Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Arbitrators in 1998. Among the topics discussed at the meeting, law, arbitration, negotiation, and mediation were the primary focus.
Publisher: BNA Books
ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 1570181748
Obtain From: major booksellers
Title: Negotiation: Strategies for Mutual Gain--The Basic Text of the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation
By: Hall, Lavinia, ed.
Date: 1993
Negotiation is a collection of essays which present key concepts and strategies intended to promote effective negotiation and mutually beneficial dispute resolution.
Publisher: London: Sage Publications
Pages: 212
ISBN/ISSN: ASIN: 0803948506
Obtain From: This title is out of print, find in libraries
Title: Fairweather's Practice and Procedure in Labor Arbitration, 4th Edition
By: Schoonhoven, Ray J., ed.
Date: 1999
You get complete, updated coverage of: -Labor Arbitration and Enforcement of Statutory Rights In-depth discussion of Gilmer v. Industrial Johnson Corp.--and the line of cases following that case--with regard to compulsory arbitration of statutory claims of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements -Employment Arbitration and Enforcement of Statutory Rights Use of Gilmer by lower courts in requiring arbitration of statutory claims of employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements -Vacation, Enforcement, or Correction Listing of the application by various U.S. Circuit Courts of the Misco decision involving vacation of awards based on public policy" -Posthearing Procedures New standards for newly discovered evidence and the use of posthearing briefs." -BNA Books
Publisher: Edison, NJ: BNA Books
Pages: 825
ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 1570181713
Obtain From: Major booksellers and libraries.
Title: Partisans and Mediators
By: Davis, Gwynn
Date: 1988
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press
ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 0198256124