Enhancing Community Mediation Practices for Latinos: Incorporating Cultural Competencies from Oregon and Oaxaca
| dc.contributor.author | Toch, Courtney Connolly, 1985- | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-26T01:19:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-08-26T01:19:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-06 | |
| dc.description | ix, 127 p. : col. ill., col. maps | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Community mediation programs exist to provide the general public a low cost and efficient way to resolve disputes peacefully. Community mediation is a voluntary process in which skilled mediators facilitate a conversation between the disputants, but do not advocate or impose solutions. I question whether community mediation practices, mediators and mediation programs are responsive to minority cultures. This thesis conceptualizes culturally appropriate dimensions to add to dispute resolution practices for a Latino demographic. Using a comparative analysis of community mediation programs in Oaxaca, Mexico and in Oregon, I highlight areas of departure from more traditional views of mediation. I argue that such programs will be more effective by incorporating practices grounded in the Latino cultural context of each region, including greater attention to group-oriented priorities within families, engaging in more personal contact with disputants, provision of childcare, enhancing efforts to attract Spanish-speaking mediators, and training mediators in intra-generational cultural competency. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Committee in charge: Anita M.Weiss, Chairperson; Tim Hicks, Member; Galen Martin, Member | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/11516 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | University of Oregon theses, Dept. of International Studies, M.A., 2011; | |
| dc.subject | International relations | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cultural competency | en_US |
| dc.subject | Diversity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mediation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mexico | en_US |
| dc.subject | Oaxaca (Mex.) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Oregon | en_US |
| dc.title | Enhancing Community Mediation Practices for Latinos: Incorporating Cultural Competencies from Oregon and Oaxaca | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |