Graduation Date
2005
Document Type
Thesis
Program
Master of Arts degree with a major in Public Sociology
Committee Chair Name
Dr. Elizabeth Watson
Committee Chair Affiliation
Cal Poly Humboldt Faculty or Staff
Second Committee Member Name
Dr. Lee H. Bowker
Third Committee Member Name
Dr. Donna Schafer
Keywords
Sociology
Abstract
In the twenty first century, mediation and watershed management are each paradigm-shifting tools for our globalized society. Mediation is the process that creates a structure allowing parties in conflict to resolve their own differences. Transformative mediation is a form of mediation that has the capacity to transform the character of both individual disputants and society as a whole. This project applies transformative mediation as a process to promote the growth of watershed management and restoration. Transformative mediation was used by a non-profit organization, the Redwood Regional Watershed Center (RRWC), to bring all parties together to work on education, interpretation and research of watershed-based management (Mission Statement: 2004). The use of transformative mediation is important in this case because watershed management avoids politically created land boundaries by focusing instead on the naturally occurring watershed boundaries. Transformative mediation replaces conventional political (adversarial) means to solve problems and refines conventional principles of mediation.
Recommended Citation
Yoon, Paula Fitzgerald, "Utilizing Principles of Transformative Mediation in the Development of the Redwood Regional Watershed Center" (2005). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 2441.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/2441