...position that is incompatible with the wishes of the other" (1962:5); and Coser defines social conflict as "a struggle over values and claims to scarce status,...opponents are to neutralize, injure, or eliminate theit tivals" (1956:8). For my own part, however, I again emphasize the deliberate exclusion, from...

...reconciled, or at least kept under control. According to Lewis Coser, social conflict will be taken to mean a struggle over values and claims to scarce status,...to neutralize, injure or eliminate their rivals.' 77 This definition can be applied to all kinds of conflict situations. A conflict situation occurs...

...reconciled, or at least kept under control. According to Lewis Coser, social conflict will be taken to mean a struggle over values and claims to scarce status,...opponents are to neutralize, injure or eliminate their rivals.177 This definition can be applied to all kinds of conflict situations. A conflict situation...

...can well become a caricature of society. Consensus and Conflict Models: Explanation claims to limited resources in which the aims of the opponents are to neutralize, injure or eliminate their rivals). Two commonly used idealtypes have been constructed around these two words: consensus and conflict.6...

...did he formulate an unprovisional alternative. FIRST PROBLEM. Coser's definition limits conflict to a struggle over "values and claims to scarce status, power and resources." But if two parties are engaged in a struggle wherein each aims to eliminate the other, why deny that...

...such terms. LA Coser (1956:8) defines social conflict as a struggle over values and claims to secure status, power, and resources, in which the aims of...to neutralize, injure, or eliminate their rivals. This concept essentially focuses on horizontal relations involving contestants more or less on the...

...ensure that their position prevails."2 A brief overview yields the following definitions of conflict: 1. a struggle over values and claims to scarce status,...opponents are to neutralize, injure, or eliminate their rivals3 2. a type of behavior that occurs when two or more parties are in opposition or in battle as...

...or— in the context of governing— approaches to analyzing or implementing public policy. Conflict is "a struggle over values and claims to scarce status,...are to neutralize, injure or eliminate their rivals" (Coser 1956, 8). Significant conflict requires a manifestation of differences that exist between or...

...the possession of goods ... in short supply or the attainment of mutually incompatible values," or "a struggle over values and claims to scarce status,...to neutralize, injure or eliminate their rivals." 6 The common elements are a zerosum situation of desired items among competing drives for their possession...

...the possession of goods ... in short supply or the attainment of mutually incompatible values," or "a struggle over values and claims to scarce status,...opponents are to neutralize, injure or eliminate their rivals."6 The common elements are a zerosum situation of desired items among competing drives for their...