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Group Conflict Theory

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It serves well to qualify this theory for the purposes of this investigation.
The definition for group conflict theory is referenced from the work of Bart Meuleman, Eldad Davidov and Jaak Billiet of the University of Leuven and University of Cologne.

“According to group conflict theorists (Blalock, 1967; Blumer, 1958; Campbell, 1965; Coser, 1956; Olzak, 1992; Quillian, 1995), negative attitudes toward outgroups essentially stem from the view that certain prerogatives of the own group are threatened by other groups. Negative outgroup sentiments can thus be seen as a defensive reaction to perceived intergroup competition for scarce goods. These scarce goods can relate to material interests (e.g., affordable housing, well-paid jobs, resources of the welfare state), but also include power and status. The development of perceived group threat is fundamentally a collective process by which a certain social group comes to define other groups (Blumer, 1958). It would, therefore, be inappropriate to conceive negative outgroup attitudes as based solely on threats to the individual well-being; challenges to group privileges or status are equally as important (Bobo, 1983, p. …show more content…

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