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Culture, Conflict and Mediation in the Asian Pacific

Culture, Conflict and Mediation in the Asian Pacific Asian Criminology (2009) 4:81–83 DOI 10.1007/s11417-008-9061-4 BOOK REVIEW Bruce Barnes. University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland, USA. 2006, ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-3445-8, 194 pages, US$29.00 (Paperback) Christopher Honeyman Received: 20 August 2008 /Accepted: 20 November 2008 / Published online: 20 December 2008 Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2008 Early in this book I found the best emaciated-pig mediation case I have ever read. Actually, the only one: a Chinese farmer claimed that his prize pig was losing weight because a small-scale charcoal supplier used the road next to his house so that his one truck could reach his customers. The settlement was less revealing than the fact that the farmer never showed up for the mediation sessions, sending his son instead. That turned out to be a wise cultural as well as tactical move. Of course, it also differs enormously from Western conceptions of how mediation is supposed to work. The emaciated-pig story is one among many in this efficient and absorbing book. I should note that I write from a point of view sympathetic to “real world” stories, but one perhaps non-standard for this journal: I am a mediator, arbitrator and consultant. I also have relatively little experience of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Journal of Criminology Springer Journals

Culture, Conflict and Mediation in the Asian Pacific

Honeyman, Christopher
Asian Journal of Criminology , Volume 4 (1) – Dec 20, 2008
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Copyright © 2008 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Energy; Criminology and Criminal Justice, general; Social Sciences, general; Political Science; Law, general
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1871-0131
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10.1007/s11417-008-9061-4
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Asian Criminology (2009) 4:81–83 DOI 10.1007/s11417-008-9061-4 BOOK REVIEW Bruce Barnes. University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland, USA. 2006, ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-3445-8, 194 pages, US$29.00 (Paperback) Christopher Honeyman Received: 20 August 2008 /Accepted: 20 November 2008 / Published online: 20 December 2008 Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2008 Early in this book I found the best emaciated-pig mediation case I have ever read. Actually, the only one: a Chinese farmer claimed that his prize pig was losing weight because a small-scale charcoal supplier used the road next to his house so that his one truck could reach his customers. The settlement was less revealing than the fact that the farmer never showed up for the mediation sessions, sending his son instead. That turned out to be a wise cultural as well as tactical move. Of course, it also differs enormously from Western conceptions of how mediation is supposed to work. The emaciated-pig story is one among many in this efficient and absorbing book. I should note that I write from a point of view sympathetic to “real world” stories, but one perhaps non-standard for this journal: I am a mediator, arbitrator and consultant. I also have relatively little experience of

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Asian Journal of Criminology – Springer Journals

Published: Dec 20, 2008

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