Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Michael Lang (Guest Editor)

RELATIONAL INTUITION AND SUGGESTED INDICATORS FOR DEVELOPING MEDIATOR CAPACITY
Delma Sweeney

WORKPLACE MEDIATION IN IRELAND: BRIDGING THE RESEARCH-PRACTICE GAP
Deirdre Curran

MEDIATION IN THE WORLD TODAY: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Dale Bagshaw

CYCLES OF CREATIVITY: THE STORY OF ONE MEDIATION PROGRAM
Jennifer Beer

CAPACITY TO MEDIATE AND THE HUMAN RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION: THE MEDIATOR’S RESPONSIBILITY!
Mary Condell

THE ROLE OF INTRA-GROUP CONSENSUS-BUILDING IN DISARMING MILITANT GROUPS IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Bernadetti Berti, Ariel Heifetz Knobel, and Gary Mason

ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT: IS MEDIATION THE ANSWER?
John Deaton

PRACTICE SKILLS

BEYOND WINNING: UNLOCKING ENTRENCHED CONFLICT USING THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF NEGOTIATION IN THE MEDIATION ROOM
Margaret Considine