Justice Fragmented - Mediating Community Disputes Under Postmodern Conditions (Hardcover)

Suppose you have a dispute with your neighbour, and wish to secure redress for losses incurred. How might the issue be resolved? Is it worth the cost and time delay to take the issue to court? Or is there some other approach? Over the past few decades a range of alternative, dispute resolution programmes have emerged to settle conflicts informally, outside the courtroom. Drawing on real life experiences of community mediation practices in British Columbia, Canada, the author explores informal justice as an event rendered possible by the fragmentation of justice under postmodern conditions. He develops some of Foucault's ideas on governmentality to erect an analytical framework that does not view community mediation as necessarily empowering, or an inevitable expansion of state control. The analysis identifies how one might engage with current versions of community justice and yet avoid the political apathy that too often accompanies such criticism.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	George C. Pavlich
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-11312-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-11312-1
Barcode:	9780415113120

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