Open AccessThe characteristics of mediation according to fields of application
Author(s) -
Viktor Németh,
Csaba Szabó
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
belügyi szemle
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2677-1632
pISSN - 2062-9494
DOI - 10.38146/bsz.spec.2021.4.7
Subject(s) - framing (construction) , mediation , party directed mediation , psychology , social psychology , transformative mediation , conflict management , sociology , political science , public relations , alternative dispute resolution , social science , engineering , structural engineering
Mediation has various features as being a special communicational endeavour regarding to the agreement of two or more parties in a conflicted situation. Presenting these features allows to draw the conclusion that mediation is beyond simple conflict management, thus, it has independent institutional framing both theoretically and practically. This paper reflects on the Participation Theory of Communication (PTC) as a theoretical framing, although the practical implementation stands in its main focus. By presenting all application fields of mediation – family, workplace, communal (urban), peer (school), healthcare and intercultural (minority) mediation – based on the author's personal experience as practicing mediator, the specific features of the mediation process are demonstrated.