Negotiating negotiation: The collaborative production of resolution in small claims mediation hearings

Discourse and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-342

  Garcia, Angela Cora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Conversation analysis; Dispute resolution; Empowerment; Mediation; Negotiation; Neutrality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034347064     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926500011003003     Document Type: Article

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