Please choose one of the following prompts and respond to it in no less than 300-400 words. In your response, you must fully answer all aspects of the question and support your answer with reference to course materials (textbook, supplementary readings, videos, etc).
Online students must additionally respond to the submissions of at least two other students in no less than 100 words each.
Why does Coser believe that conflict is good for a society? Discuss a real-life example in which a social conflict followed and lent support to Coser’s theory.
Discuss a real-life example of the Thomas Theorem: If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences. What does this mean to you? How can it be applied to the example youve identified?
“Conflict theory” derives from the critical work of Karl Marx on economic inequality under capitalism; Coser’s analysis comes from structural-functionalism. How might social conflict be understood using symbolic interactionism? Come up with and discuss an application of this theory to the question of conflict.
https://www.beyondintractability.org/bksum/coser-functions
Social Movements
As you now know, societies – especially large, modern ones – are exceedingly complex and therefore filled with tensions and problems. Social movements are the way members of a society attempt to address these problems. Movements can take a number of forms – revolutionary or reformist, organized or diffused over a vast array of social media posts – but they are a key element in modern societies and often a major engine of change.
Below is a recommended video in which an animal rights activist discusses at length the controversial but unavoidable concept of “disruption” as it relates to social movements and social change. As you watch, read, and learn about social movements, consider some collective action efforts you’ve heard about. What kind of movements were they? What was their purpose? What sort of action did they engage in to reach their goals? How do they fit in with the theories you’ve learned in this course?
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