Monday, January 24, 2011

Conflict Theory

Today in class, we discussed conflict theory. We learned that there are three basic assumptions associated with conflict theory:

1.) society is composed of groups

2.) groups often have competing interests

3.) groups have different types and amounts of resources


We can draw a few implications from these assumptions:

First that competing interests lead to conflict among groups, and second that the groups with more resources are at an advantage.


Posted by Anonymous at 12:28 PM

9 comments:

  1. AlexJanuary 25, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    So this isn't really related to conflict theory, but for the test next week, are we allowed to have any materials with us in class? I may be thinking of another class, but I remember one teacher saying that we can have some sheets with any information we could fit on them for the test.

    Thanks! and sorry if this isn't for this class :p

    ReplyDelete
  2. ChewbakaFlakaFlameJanuary 25, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2044288,00.html

    The above link is a perfect representation of how our technology enables our society to enforce change.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    You will not be able to use materials for the in class portion of the exam.

    ReplyDelete
  4. AlexJanuary 25, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    Thanks!

    By the way, here's a suggestion for a video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vEStDd6HVY&feature=channel

    ReplyDelete
  5. AlexJanuary 25, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    or in honors of Ben Folds playing here on Wednesday:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G5JaicYuVU

    ReplyDelete
  6. AlexJanuary 25, 2011 at 5:18 PM

    and another question, I'm looking over my notes and I ran into the term "concurrency." In class I know that the example was beer pong (how it was said that the use of cups in the game would spread cold sores), but what exactly is concurrency?

    ReplyDelete
  7. Jessie ShoemakerJanuary 25, 2011 at 8:33 PM

    Here's a video suggestion:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I

    ReplyDelete
  8. AnnieJanuary 25, 2011 at 10:11 PM

    Here's a video suggestion:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxcRq-1B148

    ReplyDelete
  9. UnknownMarch 15, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Another interesting topic that you could use for explaining the conflict theory is with the disputes between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. More in depth it was between the Catholics and the Protestants. I visited Ireland in January of my senior year and found this historical event very interesting but also scary. My school is a Catholic High School and we were even told not to wear any of our clothes that had Catholic written on it while we were in Belfast, even today! There are still problems going on in Northern Ireland between Catholics and Protestants.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)