Resolving Community Conflicts and Problems

Roger A. Lohmann is emeritus professor of social work at West Virginia University, where he was the founder of the Nova Institute. He is also president of the theory section of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), former editor of the Nonprofit Management and Leadership Journal, and the author of numerous publications, including Breaking Even: Financial Management in Nonprofit Human Services and The Commons: New Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizations, Voluntary Action, and Philanthropy. Jon Van Til is professor emeritus of urban studies and community planning at Rutgers University. He is also past president of ARNOVA, the former editor in chief of the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, executive secretary of the Civil Society Design Network, and author of publications that include Mapping the Third Sector: Voluntarism in a Changing Social Economy; Growing Civil Society: From Nonprofit Sector to Third Space; and Breaching Derry's Walls: The Quest for a Lasting Peace in Northern Ireland.

Resolving Community Conflicts and Problems is a very timely, substantive, and much needed addition to the literature. Far too little is available on the topic of public deliberation and sustained dialogue. I have little doubt that this book will provide an important contribution to the field. -- Mark Umbreit, University of Minnesota

• Preface Introduction: Sustained Dialogue and Public Deliberation: The Role of Public Conversation in a Growing Civil Society and Commons, by Roger Lohmann, Jon Van Til, and Dolly Ford Section 1. Basic Statements Introduction 1. The Structure of Sustained Dialogue and Public Deliberation, by Jon Van Til 2. The Sustained Dialogue Model: Transforming Relationships, Designing Change, by Harold H. Saunders and Priya Narayan Parker 3. Sustained Dialogue in Action, by Harold H. Saunders and Priya Narayan Parker 4. Sustained Dialogue and Public Deliberation: Making the Connection, by David Robinson 5. Let's Talk: Dialogue and Deliberation in Higher Education, by Lisa Bedinger 6. Deliberation, Dialogue, and Deliberative Democracy in Social Work Education and Practice, by Roger A. Lohmann and Nancy Lohmann Section 2. Sustained Dialogue in Practice Introduction 7. Diving In: A Handbook for Improving Race Relations on College Campuses Through the Process of Sustained Dialogue, by David Tukey and Teddy Nemeroff 8. Derry Exceptionalism and an Organic Model of Sustained Dialogue, by Nick Acheson and Carl Milofsky 9. The Role of Dialogue in Achieving Social Justice at a Large Public University, by Jennifer McIntosh and Charles Morris 10. A Public Safety Process: Sustained Dialogue for Situational Policing, by James J. Nolan, Norman Conti, and Corey Colyer 11. Facilitating Neighborhood Growth: A Commonsense Approach to Public Safety from the Relational Paradigm, by James J. Nolan, Ronald Althouse, and Jeri Kirby Section 3. Public Deliberation in Practice Introduction 12. The Deliberative Posture, by David Ryfe 13. Public Deliberation and Dialogue in Public Management, by David G. Williams 14. Deliberation and Dialogue and Commons Theory, by Roger A. Lohmann 15. Question Mapping: A Method for Organizing and Sustaining Dialogue, by Richard F. Ludeman and Erna Gelles 16. Applying Family Therapy Principles to the Body Politic Through Sustained Dialogue, by Neal Newfield and Susan Newfield Section 4. Building Practice and Research Introduction 17. Social Entrepreneurship in the Practice of Deliberation and Dialogue, by Roger A. Lohmann 18. The Future of Deliberation and Dialogue Studies, by Jon Van Til and Dolly Ford List of Contributors Appendix: Core Principles for Public Engagement References Index