Mediating and Negotiating Marital Conflicts

by Desmond Ellis and Noreen Stuckless

Book Overview

Conflicts associated with marital separation and divorce have, traditionally, been settled by lawyers through negotiations. Since 1980 in the United States, an increasing proportion of these conflicts have been settled or resolved through the process of marital-conflict mediation. Critics of mediation contend that the process fails to protect women from violent partners and that agreements neutralize the impact of gender-based power imbalances. Mediators...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761905030
• ISBN13: 9780761905035
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"