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Publication details [#3864]
Goodwin, Marjorie Harness. 1982. Processes of dispute management among urban black children. African Identities 9 : 76–96.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Annotation
An investigation into the forms and functions of alternative dispute procedures and the distinctively operating cultures that account for them among urban black working-class children. It is found that children strategically manage the social organization of a dispute through the selection of particular argument formats, thus displaying a range of communicative competencies and collaborating in performing highly orderly negotiations of power.