Culture, Status Quo and Conflicts

Culture, Status Quo and Conflicts

Abstract

This assignment focuses on how culture affects the status quo. Culture refers to the beliefs, behaviors, values and material objects that usually constitute people’s way of life. Status quo describe the state of things, how they are as opposed to the way they could be. Status quo explains the existing state of affairs. The assignment also explains the relationship between culture and conflicts.

Culture and Status Quo

Conflict refers to opposition or friction that usually results from perceived or the actual differences and incompatibilities between the parties involved. Conflict has effects on status quo both positively and negatively. Status quo refers to the current situation of things, how people represent and address themselves.

Conflict influence over status quo is a breakdown of what individuals and groups want to do, what they can and will do it. The conflict has affected status quo positively by balancing of different parties in power through making peace between the parties. To make peace between the parties in conflict lead to the balancing of authority leading to an increment of status quo.

The conflict has resulted into interlocking interests between parties thus making them work toward achieving the same goal hence maintaining they status quo. The conflict will increase mutual interests of the involved parties’ capabilities and the will to focus directly on factors affecting them to solve them to increase their unity and togetherness which will improve their status quo.

A conflict over status quo mainly involves coercion and force. Conflict manifestation is violence which is solved by rewarding agreement and making offers that will benefit all parties under conflict thus improving their status quo.

Culture and Conflicts

Culture plays a very significant part in conflict causes and resolutions. Culture is embedded in conflicts because they arise because of how human beings relate with one another. Culture affect the way we relate to each other, the ways we try to solve conflicts.

Organizational culture influences conflicts between teenagers and parents, and conflicts between spouses or partners are influenced by gender culture.

Culture is inseparable from conflict. However, it doesn't precipitate it. At the point when contrasts surface in families, associations, or groups, culture is constantly present, forming observations, states of mind, practices, and results.

References

Benson, Donald L. (2005). Ethnic groups in conflict. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Austin N. (2012). Conflict mediation across cultures. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press