行动、话语策略和权力技术——转型中国的调解制度

Behavior and Discourse Strategies and Power Technology——Mediation System in Transitional China

作为一种司法制度,调解既转型社会结构的产物,也是社会结构的一个有机组成部分。与此同时,作为一种行为方式和权力技术实践,调解还是当事人和调解人行为策略的一个组成部分,是不同的当事人与调解人运用不同的行动策略和话语策略的混合物。这样,调解的制度及其运作就必须重视当事人在其中的力量;惟有此,才能重视当事人的各种行动以及话语策略与法官所采取的行动策略与权力技术之间紧张但却又是结构上映照关系,进而凸现当事人对于调解制度运作的可能意义,从而真正发现影响调解制度在中国发展的主要因素和制约性力量。

As a judicial system, mediation is the product of transitional society and is also an integral part of social structure. Meanwhile, as a kind of behavior and practice of power technology, mediation is part of the be- havior strategies of the person concerned and the mediator and is a mixed product of behavior strategies and dis- course strategies used by the different persons concerned and mediators. Therefore, the mediation system and its operation shall pay more attention to the role of the person concerned. Only in this way can the various kinds of be- haviors of the persons concerned and their discourse strategies be attached great importance in response to the be- havior strategies and power technology adopted by the judges. The persons concerned are of great significance in the operation of mediation system. As a result, the major factors and power affecting the development of mediation system in China can be found.