Culture Conflict Flashcards
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Culture Conflict
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Where conflict is viewed as a major social process, set in motion by the differences in values and cultures among groups of people
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Louis Wirth
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Wrote his thesis on cultural conflicts in immigrant families and the relationship of the conflict of cultures to crime and delinquency
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Thorsten Sellin
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His view of conflict theory revolves around the idea of conduct norms, or rules that govern the behaviour. These norms change from culture to culture, leading to conflict
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Two Forms of Culture Conflict
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- Primary Conflict: occurs when two different cultures govern behaviour
- Secondary Conflict: smaller cultures exist within a larger culture (subculture)
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Gwynn Nettler
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States that all subsequent social explanations have been based on the assumption that culture conflict is the fundamental source of crime
