Making Sense of Intractable Environmental Conflicts: Concepts And Cases

ISBN 10: 155963930X / ISBN 13: 9781559639309

Published by Island Press, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Sense of Intractable Environmental Conflicts: Concepts And Cases
• Publisher: Island Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155963930X
• ISBN 13: 9781559639309
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Despite a vast amount of effort and expertise devoted to them, many environmental conflicts have remained mired in controversy, stubbornly defying resolution. Why can some environmental problems be resolved in one locale but remain contentious in another, often carrying on for decades? This volume addresses that and related questions, examining what researchers and experts in the field characterize as intractable disputes - intense disputes that persist over long periods of time and cannot be resolved through consensus-building efforts or by administrative, legal or political means. The approach focuses on the frames parties use to define and enact the dispute - the lenses through which they interpret and understand the conflict and critical conflict dynamics. Conflicts examined include those over natural resource use, toxic pollutants, water quality and growth, with specific conflicts including the Quincy Library Group in California, Edwards Aquifer in Texas, Alton Park/Piney Woods in Tennessee and three examples of growth-related conflicts in Colorado.

About the Author

Roy J. Lewicki is Dean's Distinguished Teaching Professor of Management and Human Resources at the Ohio State University and lead author of the textbook Essentials of Negotiation, 2nd edition (McGraw-Hill, 2000).

Barbara Gray is professor of organizational behavior and director of the Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation at The Pennsylvania State University.

Michael Elliott is associate professor of city planning and public policy, co-director of the Southeast Negotiation Network, and director of the Public Policy Program, Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the Georgia Institute of Technology.