Relational responsibility: resources for sustainable dialogue

In Relational Responsibility, the authors attempt to transform the concept of responsibility in such a way that the relational process replaces the individual as the central concern. This volume invites practices that replace alienation and isolation with meaning-building dialogue. Relational Responsibility will be a valuable resource in the study of communication theory, sociology, social theory, interpersonal and group communication, conflict management, and child abuse.

An invitation to relational responsibility -- Relational resonsibility in practice -- A case in point -- When stories have wings : how relational responsibility opens new options for action / David L. Cooperrider and Diana Whitney -- Collaborative learning communities / Harlene Anderson -- Relational moves and generative dances / Ian Burkitt -- On being relational in an accountable way : the questions of agency and power / John W. Lannamann -- The uncertain path to dialogue : a meditation / Sallyann Roth -- Relational responsibility : deconstructive possibilities / Mary Gergen -- Relational responsibility or dialogic ethics? a questioning of McNamee and Gergen / Stanley Deetz and William J. White -- Responding and relating : response-ability to individuals, relating, and difference / Michael J. Mazanec and Steve Duck -- Co-constructing responsibility / Karl Tomm -- Inspiring dialogues and relational responsibility / Eero Riikonen -- Creating relational realities : responsible responding to poetic 'movements' and 'moments' / John Shotter and Arlene M. Katz -- Relational inquiry and relational responsibility : the practice of change / Robert Cottor and Sharon Cottor -- A circle of v…