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This chapter introduces the research presented in this book as an in-depth analytical study that explores the process of mediation. It is explained that the study investigates mediation and relationship changes during and after the process. Semi-structured interviews conducted with mediation parties are analysed applying the qualitative methodology of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). It is highlighted that whilst there is a large conceptual literature which suggests that mediation has wide-ranging benefits across situations there is a lack of interpretative academic qualitative studies involving parties to mediation. Therefore, this chapter establishes that the main aim and original contribution of this book is to start filling this gap by providing an interpretative analysis of individual cases. The analysis offers a nuanced insight into what it is like to experience mediation from the mediation parties’ subjective perspectives.
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Tallodi, T. (2019). Introduction. In: How Parties Experience Mediation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28239-4_1
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