SOCIOL 41 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Arthur Schuster, Ingroups And Outgroups, Ethnocentrism
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In order to succeed minority coalitions usually: Create conflict and disrupt the established order, producing doubt and uncertainty. Offer a different alternative and indicate that they have confidence in the correctness of the position. Signal interventions not to compromise or abandon their viewpoint. They indicate that if other members wish to re-establish consensus, Minorities are also most influential when their presentation style is flexible and multifaceted. Compliance to (legitimate) authority = capacity of one group member to issue orders or requests or regulate the behavior of other members by invoking rights vested in their (leader) role. A situation in which groups take antagonistic actions toward each other to influence an outcome each considers important. The issues at stake often become larger and more apparent as the conflict progresses. Members of opposing groups develop antagonistic attitudes toward each other, distrust and hostility grow. The term intergroup conflict is used in two distinct ways.
