ABSTRACT
At the start of this book about the data in the MetroCourt Project, I asked, is everyone equally capable and equally situated to negotiate resolutions to their public disputes? Are some people, by virtue of their socialization, more likely to choose cooperation in the mediation situation? Does the ethgender of the other party make a difference? Did their structural role determine their behavior? What does the MetroCourt data say about ethnic and gender relations? Along the way I became intrigued with what choices the different ethgenders made when faced with the power and privilege to give and to take.
