Settling Disputes between Neighbours in the Lifeworld: An Evaluation of Experiments with Community Mediation in the Netherlands

Suggests that Dutch community mediation -- a form of alternative dispute resolution designed to resolve interpersonal conflict in the multiethnic neighborhood -- is both an attempt to rejuvenate the idea of community & a new way to settle differences & interpersonal conflicts between neighbo...

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Published in:European journal on criminal policy and research 1999, Vol.7 (4), p.483-507
Main Authors: Peper, Bram, Spierings, Frans
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community
Community Involvement
Conflict Resolution
Conflicts of interest
Cultural Pluralism
Culture
Disputes
Emotions
Experiments
Interpersonal Relations
Law
Lifestyles
Mediation
Mediators
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Neighborhoods
Neighbors
Netherlands
Self-government
Social Conflict
Social development
Social policy
Studies
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Summary:Suggests that Dutch community mediation -- a form of alternative dispute resolution designed to resolve interpersonal conflict in the multiethnic neighborhood -- is both an attempt to rejuvenate the idea of community & a new way to settle differences & interpersonal conflicts between neighbors. The neighborhood is suggested to be a level too high for social intervention, &, instead, focus should be on a lower level in the lifeworld: the house, the block, or at most, the street. 6 Tables, 26 References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0928-1371
1572-9869
DOI:10.1023/A:1008798122935