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Abstract of "Using Intentional, Values-Based Dialogue to Engage Complex Public Policy Conflicts" by Wade, Susan Omalley

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Wade, Susan Omalley. "Using Intentional, Values-Based Dialogue to Engage Complex Public Policy Conflicts." In Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 21:3, 2005.

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The authors maintain that intentional, values-based dialogue is a powerful framework for working with conflict in complex public policy disputes and describes the development and use of this dialogue method. Its premise is that "conflict is natural to the human condition and the differences underlying conflict are resources for new thinking."

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it stands than to anything on which it is poured. -- Anonymous

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