Publications and Web Resources

The PowerPoint program “Sharpening your ECR Bookmarks” was produced for the Research Triangle Universities Symposium on Environmental Conflict Resolution, held February 10, 2006, in Raleigh. The PDF version of same is available for download with this request: 1. Please notify stephens@sog.unc.edu of use or revision of the material; 2) Please give credit as appropriate when using or adapting this material.

School of Government Publications Related to Public Dispute Resolution and Public Participation

Please see the School’s publications page for more related titles, prices, and ordering information.

• Citizen Outreach by North Carolina Judicial Branch Officials: Comparison of Three Projects 
• Behind Open Doors: North Carolina’s Open Meetings Act and Mediator Standards of Confidentiality, No. 94, April 2000.
• Guidebook to  Public Dispute Resolution in North Carolina,
• Listening to Citizens: County Commissioners on the Road, Popular Government, Vol. 64, No. 3, Spring 1999.
• Mediation of Budget Disputes between School Boards and County Commissions and School Funding Disputes: Mediate, Don’t Litigate, , Vol. 29, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 29 – 42.
• Public Comment at Business Meetings of Local Government Boards Part One: Guidelines for Good Practices, Popular Government, Vol. 62, No. 4, Summer 1997, pp. 2 – 14.
• Public Comment at Business Meetings of Local Government Boards Part Two: Common Practices and Legal Standards, Popular Government, Vol. 63, No. 1, Fall 1997, pp. 27 – 37.
• Public Participation: Review of Three Sources, Popular Government, Vol. 63, No. 4, Summer 1998, pp. 46 – 49.
• Reaching
• Using a Mediator in Public Disputes, , No. 2, September 1998.

 Civic Technology and Public Engagement

• John B. Stephens. 2016. “Local Government That Clicks: Free Apps + Skilled Civic Tech Volunteers,” Public Management  98:4, 16-19. https://www.sog.unc.edu/about/news/local-government-clicks
• John B. Stephens. 2015. Working Paper: Study of Local Government Officials’ Experience with Civic Technology: Hampton Roads, VA; and Charlotte, Durham and Raleigh, NC. Study of Local Government Officials Experience with Civic Technology.pdf

Other Related Publications

The following related titles are available from other sources, as indicated.

• Acceptance of Mediation Initiatives: A PreliminaryFramework, John B. Stephens, in New Approachesto International Mediation, edited by C.R. Mitchell and K. Webb, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988, pp. 52 – 73.
• Book Review: Public Participation in Public Decisions: New Skills and Strategies for Public Managers, by John Clayton Thomas, John B. Stephens, ParticipationQuarterly, Alexandria, VA: International Association for Public Participation, First Quarter, 1998, pp. 14, 17.
• Conflicts over Homosexuality in the United Methodist Church: Testing Theories of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, John B. Stephens, University of MichiganMicroforms, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, July 1997, 396 pp.
• The Ethics of Environmental Mediation, John B. Stephens with E. Franklin Dukes and William O. Stephens, in Environmental Mediation: Theory and Practice, edited by J. Walton Blackburn and Willa Marie Bruce, Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1995, pp. 167 – 184.
• Frameworks for Interpreting Conflict: A Handbook for Journalists, Richard E Rubeinstein, E. Franklin Dukes, John B. Stephens, and Johannes Botes, Fairfax, VA: George Mason University, 1994, 85 pages.
• ‘Gender Conflict’: Connecting Feminist Theory and Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice, John B. Stephens, in Conflict and Gender, edited by Anita Taylor and Judi Beinstein Miller, Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc., 1994, pp. 217 – 235.
• Liberal-Conservative Dialogue in the UnitedMethodist Church, John B. Stephens, Conflict Resolution Notes, Vol. 15, No. 3, Pittsburgh, PA: Conflict Resolution Center International, January 1998, pp. 23 – 24.
• Mediation of Budget Disputes between School Boards and County Commissioners, Dispute Resolution, Vol. 5, No. 4, Cary, North Carolina: North Carolina Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section, June 1998, pp. 1 – 6.
• Perspectives on Public Participation, John B. Stephens, National Civic Review, Vol. 87, No. 3, Washington, D.C.: National Civic League, Fall 1998, pp. 273 – 280.
• Public Dispute Resolvers Lack Consensus on ‘Consensus’, John B. Stephens, SPIDR News, Vol. 22, No. 2, Washington, D.C.: Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, Spring 1998, pp. 1, 3, 5.
• When Boards Clash, Mediation Can Help, County Lines, Vol. 24, No. 11, Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, June 10, 1998, pp. 1, 6 – 7.

Mentoring Graduate Students

 

A Partnership Paradigm: A Case Study in Research Assistant and Faculty Interaction, Meredith Miller and John B. Stephens, Journalof Staff, Professional and Organization Development, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 111 – 119.

Selected Web Sites

General mediation/dispute resolution information

• http://www.mediate.com
• http://www.crinfo.org
• http://conflict.colorado.edu/
• International Association for Public Participation

State-level dispute resolution and consensus-building:

• http://www.policyconsensus.org/

Community-level dispute resolution and consensus-building

• http://www.nationalcivicleague.org/community-services/

Federal government dispute resolution:

• http://www.adr.gov/about-adr.html

General bibliogrphy on dispute resolution:

• http://www.peacemakers.ca/bibliography/

Environmental dispute resolution:

• http://www.udall.gov/OurPrograms/Institute/Institute.aspx
• http://www2.epa.gov/fedfac/federal-facilities-stakeholder-involvement-blueprint-action
• http://www.resolv.org/
• http://www.merid.org/

Links of interest to facilitators:

• Links, with explanations