Social Conflict

A Social Conflict is a conflict (process) arising from the competition for agency or power within a society.

Context:
- It can encompass disputes and struggles between groups or individuals over resources, influence, ideologies, or other socially significant matters.
- It can arise due to differences in values, norms, interests, or beliefs.
- It can range from being a Peaceful Protests, Violent Confrontation or Warfare, depending on the intensity and the stakes involved.
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Example(s):
- Class Conflict, where socio-economic disparities lead to tension.
- Ethnic Conflict, rooted in ethnic or racial differences.
- Religious Conflict, arising from differences in religious beliefs.
- Protests against government policies or actions.
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Counter-Example(s):
- Personal Conflict, arising from individual disagreements unrelated to broader societal issues.
See: Society, Conflict (Process), Agency (Sociology), Power (Sociology).

References

(Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/social_conflict Retrieved:2023-7-19.
- Social conflict is the struggle for agency or power in society.
  Social conflict occurs when two or more people oppose each other in social interaction, and each exerts social power with reciprocity in an effort to achieve incompatible goals but prevent the other from attaining their own. It is a social relationship in which action is intentionally oriented to carry out the actor's own will despite the resistance of others. ^[1]

↑ Pruitt, Dean G., Kim, Sung Hee, Eds., (2004, 3rd Edition) Social Conflict, Escalation and Settlement, McGraw Hill Higher Education, New York, NY

(Mehta, 2010) ⇒ Lyla Mehta, editor. (2010). “The Limits to Scarcity: Contesting the Politics of Allocation." Routledge.
- QUOTE: Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition. It underpins much of modern economics and is widely used as an explanation for social organisation, social conflict and the resource crunch confronting humanity's survival on the planet. ...

(Pruitt, 1998) ⇒ DG Pruitt. (1998). “Social Conflict." On PsycNET.
- NOTE: It delves into various facets of social conflict, encompassing social dilemmas, negotiation, broader conflict paradigms, and resolution methodologies.

(Oberschall, 1978) ⇒ A Oberschall. (1978). “Theories of social conflict." In: Annual Review of Sociology, Link to the source on Annual Reviews.
- NOTE: Oberschall discusses the differences and nuances between group conflicts and individual role conflicts, using "social conflict" as a broad term encompassing both.

(Benhabib & Rustichini, 1996) ⇒ J Benhabib, A Rustichini. (1996). “Social conflict and growth." In: Journal of Economic Growth, Link to the source on Springer.
- NOTE: The authors present a game-theoretic model to explain conflicts arising between social groups over income distribution, delving into potential equilibria.