Public Dispute Resolution

Publications

• Public Dispute Resolution and Public Participation
• Other Related Publications
• Mentoring Graduate Students
• Selected Web Sites

• Behind Open Doors: North Carolina’s Open Meetings Act and Mediator Standards of Confidentiality, Local Government Law Bulletin No. 94, April 2000.
• Guidebook to Public Dispute Resolution in North Carolina, 2004.
• Listening to Citizens: County Commissioners on the Road, Popular Government, Vol. 64, No. 3, Spring 1999.
• Mediation of Budget Disputes between School Boards and County Commissions and School Funding Disputes: Mediate, Don’t Litigate, School Law Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 29–42.
• Public Comment at Business Meetings of Local Government Boards Part One: Guidelines for Good Practices, Popular Government, Vol. 62, No. 4, Summer 1997, pp. 2–14.
• Public Comment at Business Meetings of Local Government Boards Part Two: Common Practices and Legal Standards, Popular Government, Vol. 63, No. 1, Fall 1997, pp. 27–37.
• Public Participation: Review of Three Sources, Popular Government, Vol. 63, No. 4, Summer 1998, pp. 46–49.
• Reaching for Higher Ground in Conflict Resolution: Tools for Powerful Groups and Communities, 2000.
• Using a Mediator in Public Disputes, Public Management Bulletin, No. 2, September 1998.

Other Related Publications

The following related titles are available from other sources, as indicated.

• Acceptance of Mediation Initiatives: A Preliminary Framework, John B. Stephens, in New Approaches to International Mediation, edited by C.R. Mitchell and K. Webb, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988, pp. 52–73.
• Book Review: Public Participation in Public Decisions: New Skills and Strategies for Public Managers, by John Clayton Thomas, John B. Stephens, Participation Quarterly, Alexandria, VA: International Association for Public Participation, First Quarter, 1998, pp. 14, 17.
• Conflicts over Homosexuality in the United Methodist Church: Testing Theories of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, John B. Stephens, University of Michigan Microforms, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, July 1997, 396 pp.
• The Ethics of Environmental Mediation, John B. Stephens with E. Franklin Dukes and William O. Stephens, in Environmental Mediation: Theory and Practice, edited by J. Walton Blackburn and Willa Marie Bruce, Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1995, pp. 167–184.
• Frameworks for Interpreting Conflict: A Handbook for Journalists, Richard E Rubeinstein, E. Franklin Dukes, John B. Stephens, and Johannes Botes, Fairfax, VA: George Mason University, 1994, 85 pages.
• ‘Gender Conflict’: Connecting Feminist Theory and Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice, John B. Stephens, in Conflict and Gender, edited by Anita Taylor and Judi Beinstein Miller, Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc., 1994, pp. 217–235.
• Liberal–Conservative Dialogue in the United Methodist Church, John B. Stephens, Conflict Resolution Notes, Vol. 15, No. 3, Pittsburgh, PA: Conflict Resolution Center International, January 1998, pp. 23–24.
• Mediation of Budget Disputes between School Boards and County Commissioners, Dispute Resolution, Vol. 5, No. 4, Cary, North Carolina: North Carolina Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section, June 1998, pp. 1–6.
• Perspectives on Public Participation, John B. Stephens, National Civic Review, Vol. 87, No. 3, Washington, D.C.: National Civic League, Fall 1998, pp. 273–280.
• Public Dispute Resolvers Lack Consensus on ‘Consensus’, John B. Stephens, SPIDR News, Vol. 22, No. 2, Washington, D.C.: Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, Spring 1998, pp. 1, 3, 5.
• When Boards Clash, Mediation Can Help, County Lines, Vol. 24, No. 11, Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, June 10, 1998, pp. 1, 6–7.

Mentoring Graduate Students

A Partnership Paradigm: A Case Study in Research Assistant and Faculty Interaction, Meredith Miller and John B. Stephens, Journal of Staff, Professional and Organization Development, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 111–119.

Selected Web Sites

General mediation/dispute resolution information:

• http://www.mediate.com
• http://www.crinfo.org
• http://www.conflict-resolution.net/
• http://www.Colorado.EDU/conflict/
• Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution
• International Association for Public Participation

State–level dispute resolution and consensus–building:

• http://www.policyconsensus.org/

Community–level dispute resolution and consensus–building:

• http://www.ncl.org/cs/index.html

Federal government dispute resolution:

• http://www.sog.unc.edu/programs/dispute/appendix/Federal%20ADR.htm

General bibliogrphy on dispute resolution:

• http://www.peacemakers.ca/bibliography/

Environmental dispute resolution:

• http://www.ecr.gov/
• http://www.epa.gov/stakeholders/
• http://www.resolv.org/
• http://www.merid.org/

Links of interest to facilitators:

• http://www.sog.unc.edu/organizations/fodg/links.html
• http://neo-humanista.org/IAFWEB/iafjournal.html
• Other links, with explanations