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Suggested
Reading 
Acceptable
Risk (Cambridge University Press, 1981) by Baruch Fischhoff, Sarah
Lichtenstein, Paul Slovis, Stephen L. Derby, and Ralph L. Keeney,
this book is a theoretical description of the authors' five dimensional
model of the complexities that generally underly all problems of
acceptable risk. The book is required reading in many graduate courses
focused on research in the field of the problems of professional
judgment for resolving problems.
Cadillac
Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (New
York, Viking, 1986) by Marc Reisner, this book provides a history
of water conflicts in the western United States from the early European
settlements through increased salt concentrations in the Colorado
River.
Conflict
and Defense (New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1962) by Kenneth
Boulding, this book describes a general theory of conflict based
on sociology and economics, with analysis of the different features
which are unique to various types of conflict.
Conflict,
Cooperation, and Justice (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bas
Publishers, 1995) by Barbara Benedict Bunker, Jeffery Rubin, and
their associates, this book builds on the seminal work of psychologist
Morton Deutsch to discuss seven types of intervention for escalated
conflict when mediation and negotiation tend to be ineffective.
Dispute
Resolution (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992) by
Stephen Goldberg, Frank Sander, and Nancy Rogers, this book describes
the dispute resolution process from a legal perspective. It is useful
as a text book description of model dispute resolution with exercises
and questions in each chapter, related to various types of conflicts
in families, the American public, and international bodies.
Getting
to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981) by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce
Patton, this book offers both general theoretical guidance and practical
approaches to consensus building and group problem solving. This
book is most identified with the interest-based mediation style.
Mediation
of Environmental Disputes: A Source Book (New York: Praeger
Publishers, 1980) by Scott Mernitz, this book discusses use of mediation
to resolve environmental disputes and it suggest various methods
for analyzing this type of conflict.
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