ABSTRACT
This chapter examines an established organizing process, known as mediated negotiation, that has become evident in planning, resource management, program development, and delivery, and policy-making decisions in the United States. Our overriding argument is that the mediated negotiation setting is an effective container for the working through of public issues in a way that furthers both individual and societal development. From our perspective, the unit of analysis is relationship—the reflexive relationship one has with him or herself (the other) and the relationship that he or she has with the other members of the mediated negotiation environment.
