Theories of Social Conflict

Oberschall, Anthony

doi:10.1146/annurev.so.04.080178.001451

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“…It is precisely what I may call these "conflict zones" that are more productive in terms of the generation of different visions. Following mainstream conflict theories (Oberschall 1978(Oberschall , 2010Gibney 2008), the fact that a disagreement implies a threat gives rise to a competitive situation around the different means/goals to solve an emerging problem. Consequently, a conflict always describes the fact that there are different positions on how to solve a given problem, and not all can be applied at the same time in their complete form.…”

Section: Bridging Elements: What a Conflict Is And How To Focus A Conmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applied Political Theory and Qualitative Research in Migration Studies

Zapata‐Barrero

2018

IMISCOE Research Series

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Section: Bridging Elements: What a Conflict Is And How To Focus A Conmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applied Political Theory and Qualitative Research in Migration Studies

Zapata‐Barrero

2018

IMISCOE Research Series

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“…Un problema social se entiende generalmente como "una situación argüida que es incompatible con los valores de un número significativo de personas, que coinciden en que se necesita una acción para alterar la situación" (traducido por los autores de Rubington and Weinberg 2003: 4). Por otra parte, conflicto es un concepto amplio, que se refiere a la competencia, choque o contradicción entre dos o más grupos sociales, actores o grupos sobre un objetivo, recurso o interés específico (Estévez et al 2015;Galtung 1996;Homer-Dixon 1994;Oberschall 1978). En otras palabras, un conflicto alude a una dinámica de oposición, controversia, disputa o protesta de actores (Walter 2009).…”

Section: Ecología Política Conflictos Socioambientales Y Latinoaméricaunclassified

“…En otras palabras, un conflicto alude a una dinámica de oposición, controversia, disputa o protesta de actores (Walter 2009). También como columna vertebral de un conflicto social a diferencia de un problema social, es la presencia de un conjunto relevante individuos, con una preocupación colectiva y compartida (Galtung 1996;Oberschall 1978).…”

Section: Ecología Política Conflictos Socioambientales Y Latinoaméricaunclassified

Conflictos socio-ambientales en la sociedad moderna: aportes de la ecología política Latinoamericana y la teoría de la acción comunicativa

Carcamo¹,

Mena

2017

Journal of Political Ecology

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Modern society's socio-environmental conflicts result from multiple causes, and responding to them is a complex, multidisciplinary venture. This article contributes to the understanding of that complexity, with a discussion of the main analytical keys that political ecology has used for the study of socio-environmental conflicts in Latin America. The article shows the important role that communication takes in this process, and argues that the Theory of Communicative Action can contribute to the political ecological analysis of socio-environmental conflicts in modern society, and can identify paths that allow the establishment of new alternative projects. Palabras clave: Socio-environmental conflicts, political ecology, Latin America, communicative action, modern society, alternative projects RésuméLes conflits sociaux-environnementaux marquant nos sociétés modernes résultent de causes multiples. Répondre à ces conflits nécessite non seulement une approche complexe, mais aussi multidisciplinaire. Souhaitant contribuer à la compréhension de cette complexité, cet article se base sur un projet de recherche exploratoire afin d'appliquer les outils analytiques de l'écologie politique aux conflits sociauxenvironnementaux en Amérique du Sud. Développant le rôle joué par la communication dans ce procédé, notre analyse expérimente avec des éléments de la théorie d'action communicative, enrichissant ainsi l'analyse de conflits sociaux-environnementaux par le prisme de l'écologie politique. Ceci implique une réflexion sur nos sociétés modernes, et l'examen critique de trajectoires menant à la mise en place de nouveaux projets alternatifs.

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“…Conflicts have been studied extensively in a wide spectrum of disciplines, including Sociology (e.g., see [76] for social conflict) and Social Psychology (e.g., see [77] for intergroup conflicts).…”

Section: Vocal Behaviormentioning

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Human behavior analysis in video surveillance: A Social Signal Processing perspective

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The analysis of human activities is one of the most intriguing and important open issues for the automated video surveillance community. Since few years ago, it has been handled following a mere Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition perspective, where an activity corresponded to a temporal sequence of explicit actions (run, stop, sit, walk, etc.). Even under this simplistic assumption, the issue is hard, due to the strong diversity of the people appearance, the number of individuals considered (we may monitor single individuals, groups, crowd), the variability of the environmental conditions (indoor/outdoor, different weather conditions), and the kinds of sensors employed. More recently, the automated surveillance of human activities has been faced considering a new perspective, that brings in notions and principles from the social, affective, and psychological literature, and that is called Social Signal Processing (SSP). SSP employs primarily nonverbal cues, most of them are outside of conscious awareness, like face expressions and gazing, body posture and gestures, vocal characteristics, relative distances in the space and the like. This paper is the first review analyzing this new trend, proposing a structured snapshot of the state of the art and envisaging novel challenges in the surveillance domain where the cross-pollination of Computer Science technologies and Sociology theories may offer valid investigation strategies.

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Theories of Social Conflict

Cited by 186 publications

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Applied Political Theory and Qualitative Research in Migration Studies

Applied Political Theory and Qualitative Research in Migration Studies

Conflictos socio-ambientales en la sociedad moderna: aportes de la ecología política Latinoamericana y la teoría de la acción comunicativa

Human behavior analysis in video surveillance: A Social Signal Processing perspective

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