Latino-Anglo Bargaining: Culture, Structure and Choice in Court Mediation

by Christine Rack

Overview

This book shows the mechanisms by which cultural differences reinforce structural privilege and disadvantage in the informal process of mediated negotiation. Are all people equally likely to pursue their own material self-interest in the negotiation process used in small claims mediation? Did Latinos and Anglos bargain more generously with members of their own group? The central questions, derived from theories of ethnic and gender differences, concerned how, and to what degree; culture, structure, and individual choice operated to alter the goals, bargaining process and outcomes, expressed motivations and outcome evaluations for outsider groups. This book demonstrates how there are real cultural differences in the way that Latinos and Anglos pursue monetary justice that defy dominant assumptions that all culture groups are equally likely to maximize their own outcomes at the expense of others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135485436
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/02/2006
Series:	Latino Communities: Emerging Voices - Political, Social, Cultural and Legal Issues
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	344
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Christine Rack

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Small Claims Mediation Chapter Two: The Cultural Environment Chapter Three: The MetroCourt Project & Data Chapter Four: Materialism, Forum Influence, and Reported Goals for Ethnic and Gender Minorities Chapter Five: Negotiated Monetary Outcomes and Court Alternatives Chapter Six: Status Patterns in the Bargaining Process Chapter Seven: Motivational Indicator Analysis Chapter Eight: Ethgender Bargaining and Expectations Chapter Nine: Case Studies Illustrating Collectivistic Bargaining and Female Poaching Power Chapter Ten: Summary, Discussion, and Implications Appendix A: The Influence of Mediator Alignment on Monetary Outcomes and Reported Satisfaction Appendix B: Tables Appendix C: Glossary