External factors include the sources of funding, ally and adversarial relationships, the influence of politicians, public perception, and the media.
They construe themselves as representatives of users/consumers in a potentially adversarial relationship to 'producer interests'.
Thus, an adversarial relationship exists between the two cultures that is clearly evident in language.
The competence models originate in the study of educational methods for teaching adversarial communication in the court, parliament, and temple.
Changed funding cultures have led to a strengthened contractualism, which, as regards inter-sectoral relations, is increasingly competitive and, at times, adversarial.
More encouraging still is the emergence of a new strategy in collaborative family practice, begun by attorneys who felt uncomfor table with adversarial dispute resolutions.
This, of course, is one of the two primary disadvantages of the adversarial trial - that wealth purchases more effective representation.
Once again, many of the concerns identified by the unions would appear to be better addressed by a no-fault system than by an adversarial system.
