Functions of Social Conflict

Name: Functions of Social Conflict
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ISBN: 9780029068106

ISBN-10: 002906810X

ISBN-13: 9780029068106

Edition: 1964

Authors: Lewis A. Coser

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Lewis Coser presents an examination of the concept of social conflict and its use in empirical sociological research in this "lucid, comprehensive essay in social theory" (American Journal of Sociology). The positive values of conflict for all societies come to light in this study that reveals how conflicts fulfill social functions such as the maintenance of group boundaries and the prevention of the withdrawal of members of a group. Lewis Coser is critical of the view that conflict is dysfunctional and works to demonstrate its inadequacies. In a series of basic propositions distilled primarily from the theories of Georg Simmel, Coser clarifies the function of social conflict. Beyond…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 1964
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 11/1/1964
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English