Relational Responsibility Resources for Sustainable Dialogue [Paperback]

The first three chapters are the editors' own contribution on relational responsibility - followed by their analysis of a challenging case study involving the issue of child sexual abuse. The next 14 chapters contain responses from leading academics and professionals in the fields of communication, psychology and organizational development, which extend the editors' original dialogue. In conclusion, Sheila McNamee and Kenneth Gergen illustrate relational responsiQuestioning the tradition of individual responsibility, this pioneering book also transforms the concept of responsibility by giving centre stage to the relational process rather than to the individual - replacing alienation and isolation with meaningful dialogue.

The first three chapters are the editors' own contribution on relational responsibility - followed by their analysis of a challenging case study involving the issue of child sexual abuse. The next 14 chapters contain responses from leading academics and professionals in the fields of communication, psychology and organizational development, which extend the editors' original dialogue. In conclusion, Sheila McNamee and Kenneth Gergen illustrate relational responsiPreface - Sheila McNamee and Kenneth J Gergen
Situating the Conversation
PART ONE:RELATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
An Invitation to Relational Responsibility
Relational Responsibility in Practice
A Case in Point
PART TWO: EXPANDING THE DIALOGUE: RESONANCE AND REFIGURATION
When Stories Have Wings - David Cooperrider and Diana Whitney
How Relational Responsibility Opens Nelã7