This is an internationally recognized academic work that offers a comprehensive, critical, and comparative analysis of conflict mediation in varied institutional contexts. With precise language and an interdisciplinary approach, the book brings together insights from law, sociology, social psychology, legal anthropology, peace studies, and political science, consolidating an essential theoretical and practical repertoire for professional mediators, researchers, legal scholars, and public policy makers.

Across nine detailed chapters, the book explores mediation within judicial systems, schools, public and private organizations, urban communities, intercultural and interfaith relations, as well as its developments on digital platforms and in AI-mediated environments. Through international case studies, comparative legal analysis, and epistemological reflections, the book addresses the ethical, political, and technological challenges of mediation in the 21st century.

Recommended for courses in Law, Conflict Resolution, Public Administration, Restorative Justice, Legal Psychology, and Intercultural Mediation, this book is indispensable for those seeking to understand mediation not only as a procedural technique, but as a transformative practice embedded in contemporary social, institutional, and cultural conflicts.