Books by Jayne Docherty
“This book by Jayne Docherty was written a few years afterwards. It’s got quite a lot of sociological jargon in it, but it’s absolutely fascinating. One of the reasons Waco is such an interesting case study is that we have transcripts of the many, many hours of conversations between the FBI and the religious community, the Branch Davidians, in the compound. We see these how negotiations went on, and on and on, and just never went anywhere. She does a great job of analyzing why. The FBI negotiators were highly trained, they’d read books and done training courses and had experience of negotiation, but they just weren’t able to make it work.” Read more...
The best books on Disagreeing Productively
Ian Leslie, Journalist
Interviews where books by Jayne Docherty were recommended
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The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding
by Dan Sperber & Hugo Mercier -
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Knowing Mandela: A Personal Portrait
by John Carlin -
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The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts
by Peter Coleman -
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Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration
by Teresa Bejan -
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Learning Lessons From Waco: When Parties Bring Their Gods to the Negotiation Table
by Jayne Docherty
The best books on Disagreeing Productively, recommended by Ian Leslie
The best books on Disagreeing Productively, recommended by Ian Leslie
Many of us avoid conflict in our relationships with family and friends or at work, but that’s probably a mistake, says Ian Leslie, author of a number of nonfiction books on human behaviour. Here, he recommends books that offer insight into how to disagree productively, from evolutionary biology to 17th century Rhode Island, from Nelson Mandela to seemingly intractable conflicts.
