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 kind of judicial system, mediation is not only the product of the transformation of social structure but also an integral part of social structure. At the same time, as a form of conduct and technical power practice, mediation is an integral part of the strategy of parties and mediators and is a mixture of different actors and discourse strategies used by different parties and facilitators. In this way, the mediation system and its operation must attach great importance to the power of the parties involved. Only in this way can the various actions of the parties and the discourse tactics and the actions taken by the judges be taken into consideration. Tense but structural images of tactics and power technologies Relations, and then highlight the parties’ possible implications for the operation of the mediation system so as to truly discover the major factors and restrictive forces that affect the development of the mediation system in China.