Realistic Group Conflict Theory

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saera R. Khan ◽  
Khan Samarina
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Theory ◽  
Group Conflict ◽  
Realistic Group Conflict Theory ◽  
Group Conflict Theory

Community Matters: Realistic Group Conflict Theory and the Impact of Diversity

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 830-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur P. Brief ◽  
Elizabeth E. Umphress ◽  
Joerg Dietz ◽  
John W. Burrows ◽  
Rebecca M. Butz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Theory ◽  
Group Conflict ◽  
Realistic Group Conflict Theory ◽  
Group Conflict Theory ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The Effects of Chieftaincy and Land Conflicts on the Socio-political Development of Northern Ghana

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Francis Issahaku Malongza Bukari ◽  
Stephen Bugu Kendie ◽  
Mohammed Sulemana ◽  
Sylvester Zackaria Galaa
Keyword(s):  
Civic Education ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Conflict Theory ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Land Conflicts ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Realistic Group Conflict Theory ◽  
Group Conflict Theory

This paper assesses the effects of inter-ethnic chieftaincy and land conflicts on the socio-political development of northern Ghana. The knowledge gap the study sought to fill is the use of theoretical antecedents to illustrate that conflicts have some merits for socio-political development and that conflict theories equally depict solutions to conflicts. Methodologically, the study makes use of content analysis of secondary data, by following the tenets of the realistic group conflict theory. Examples were drawn from the Konkomba, Gonja, Nanumba, Dagomba, Kusasi, Mo and the Sissala disputes of emancipation. It was revealed that major positive effects of the conflicts include improvement in the decision-making processes on community development issues, strengthening of inter-ethnic unity and helping to redeem the identity of a group. The destruction of life and property is the major demerit. It was recommended that civic education on the causes and effects of the conflicts by authentic participation of potential disputants could provide a more sustainable way of preventing conflict.

An Integrated Review of Recent Research on the Relationships Between Religious Belief, Political Ideology, Authoritarianism, and Prejudice

2020 ◽  
pp. 003329412092539
Author(s):  
Joshua A. Cuevas ◽  
Bryan L. Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Conflict Theory ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Political Beliefs ◽  
Realistic Group Conflict Theory ◽  
Group Conflict Theory ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Religious ideology and extremism have had an increasing influence on political agendas in the United States and much of the developed world in the past 60 years, with right-wing ideology becoming more prevalent this decade. This article serves as a review of studies investigating the correlations between political ideology, religiosity, right-wing authoritarianism, ingroups/outgroups, and prejudice in an attempt to describe and understand the well-established links between these dimensions. We discuss several group-level theories including Terror Management Theory, Social Identity Theory, Realistic Group Conflict Theory among others to frame the intercorrelations of these constructs in an effort to better understand the underlying mechanisms that drive individuals to embody religious and political beliefs. We then discuss individual-level cognitive and psychological differences such as intelligence, cognitive flexibility, and specific biological and neurological limitations of brain function that may influence people to adopt certain religious and political beliefs. Through a more comprehensive understanding of the underlying mechanisms of religious and political extremism, we may be better equipped to assuage the fear and denigration that is associated with many of these beliefs.

scholarly journals Explaining temporal trends and regional variation in attitudes towards foreign workers: group conflict theory and Finland 1990–2013

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 19-32
Author(s):  
Elina Kilpi-Jakonen
Keyword(s):  
Regional Differences ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Conflict Theory ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Group Conflict ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Foreign Population ◽  
Group Conflict Theory ◽  
The Individual

This article explores a dynamic version of group conflict theory as an explanation for developments over time as well as regional differences in attitudes towards foreign workers in Finland in the period 1990–2013. In particular, it is argued that recent changes in potential for conflict are more likely to affect attitudes than are their levels. The results confirm this as it is both change in the rate of growth of the foreign population and possibly change in unemployment that tend to have an effect on attitudes, whereas the size of the foreign population and the level of unemployment do not. These change measures tend to have an effect at the national rather than the regional level. On the other hand, regional differences are not explained by any of the contextual variables tested. The data used at the individual level is a pooled data set (N=28,135) of 13 EVA Surveys on Finnish Values and Attitudes.

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