Policy, Practice, and Politics: Bargaining in the Shadow of Whitehall

The Blackwell Handbook of Mediation: Bridging Theory, Research, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 99-128

  Walker, Janet ^a   Hayes, Sherrill ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assumptions, values; Clarity; Current debates; Evaluation; Expediency; Shadows

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046431899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781405164238.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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