Sociology 2140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Communes Of France, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Forced Prostitution
16 Dec 2017
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War broke the barriers of autonomy between local groups and permitted small villages to be incorporated into larger political units known as chiefdoms. As societies become more industrialized, their proneness to warfare decreases. Although industrialization may decrease a society"s propensity to war, it also increases the potential destruction of war: with industrialization, military technology became more sophisticated and more lethal. Structural-functionalism focuses on the functions that war serves and suggests that war would not exist unless it had positive outcomes for society. Function of war is that it produces social cohesion and unity among societal members by giving them both a common cause and a common enemy . Internal domestic conflicts between political parties, minority groups, and special interest groups often dissolve as they unite to fight the common enemy. Dual-use technologies: defence-funded innovations that have commercial and civilian applications. Struggle for control of resources or have different political, economic, or religious ideologies.
