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CULTURAL CONFLICT
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CULTURAL CONFLICT IS A TYPE OF

CONFLICT THAT OCCURS WHEN
DIFFERENT CULTURAL VALUES AND
BELIEFS CLASH. BROAD AND NARROW
DEFINITIONS EXIST FOR THE CONCEPT,
BOTH OF WHICH HAVE BEEN USED TO
EXPLAIN VIOLENCE (INCLUDING WAR)
AND CRIME, ON EITHER A MICRO OR
MACRO SCALE.
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CULTURAL CONFLICTS ARE DIFFICULT

TO RESOLVE AS PARTIES TO THE
CONFLICT HAVE DIFFERENT BELIEFS.[3]
CULTURAL CONFLICTS INTENSIFY WHEN
THOSE DIFFERENCES BECOME
REFLECTED IN POLITICS, PARTICULARLY
ON A MACRO LEVEL.[3]AN EXAMPLE OF
CULTURAL CONFLICT IS THE DEBATE
OVER ABORTION.
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ETHNIC CLEANSING IS ANOTHER

EXTREME EXAMPLE OF CULTURAL
CONFLICT. WARS CAN ALSO BE A
RESULT OF A CULTURAL
CONFLICT; FOR EXAMPLE THE
DIFFERING VIEWS ON SLAVERY
WERE ONE OF THE REASONS FOR
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
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CULTURE CONFLICT IS THE TERM

USED TO DESCRIBE THE
CONFLICT THAT ARISES DURING
А THE INTERSECTION OF
CULTURAL VALUES AND BELIEFS
BETWEEN TWO OR MORE
CULTURAL GROUPS LIVING
WITHIN THE SAME SOCIETY.
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AS A TOPIC OF STUDY, CULTURAL CONFLICT IS

VIEWED IN RELATION TO ACTS OF CRIME AND
DEVIANCE THAT EMERGE WHEN RISING
TENSIONS BETWEEN GROUPS REACH THEIR
BOILING POINTS. DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS
HAVE DIFFERENT CULTURAL IDEAS AND BELIEFS
THAT CONFLICT AND THIS CONFLICT CAN
POSSIBLY LEAD TO VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY.
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BOTH SOCIOLOGISTS AND

CRIMINOLOGISTS ANALYZE HOW
THESE CRIMES OCCUR AND
CONDUCT RESEARCH IN ORDER TO А

FIND THE BEST WAY TO PINPOINT

THE CAUSES OF CULTURE
CONFLICT AND HOW TO FORM AND
IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS.
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CULTURAL DEVIANCE THEORY, IS A THEORY
THAT SUGGESTS THAT CONFORMITY TO THE
PREVAILING CULTURAL NORMS OF LOWER-CLASS
SOCIETY LEADS TO HIGHER CRIME RATES.
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SPECIFICALLY, THE INTERSECTION OF
SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS, SUCH AS
POVERTY, EDUCATION, AND FAMILY DISRUPTION
WITHIN A HIGH MIXTURE OF DIFFERING
CULTURAL VALUES CAN CORRELATE TO HIGHER
LEVELS OF DISRUPTION AND DEVIANCE WITHIN
SOCIETY.
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WITHIN CULTURE CONFLICT THEORY,
THERE ARE TWO MAJOR TYPES OF
CONFLICT EXAMINED: PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY. PRIMARY CULTURE CONFLICT
OCCURS WHEN THE CLASH OF CULTURAL
VALUES INVOLVES FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS OR
CORE VALUES WITHIN A CULTURE, WHILE
SECONDARY CONFLICT INVOLVES BELIEFS
THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED OUTSIDE THE
SCOPE OF STRICT FUNDAMENTAL VALUES.
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CULTURAL DIFFERENCES ARE PREVALENT

IN ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF SOCIETY.
DIVERSITY IS NOT AN UNCOMMON
OCCURRENCE WITHIN MAJOR CITIES AND
URBAN CENTERS. ULTIMATELY, IT IS RARE
FOR THESE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN
PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS TO
LEAD TO CRIME.
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A CULTURAL CONFLICT IS A DISLIKE,

HOSTILITY, OR STRUGGLE BETWEEN
COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE DIFFERENT
PHILOSOPHIES AND WAYS OF LIVING,
RESULTING IN CONTRADICTORY
ASPIRATIONS AND BEHAVIORS. THE NOTION
ORIGINATES FROM SOCIOLOGICAL CONFLICT
THEORIES AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL
CONCEPTS OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS.
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INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM AS PART OF
GLOBALIZING TRENDS OFTEN LEADS TO RAPID
CHANGES IN LOCAL CULTURES OF “EXOTIC”
TERRITORIES. THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF
MODERNIZATION CONTRIBUTE TO THE
INTENSIFICATION OF CONFLICTS CAUSED BY
ALTERNATIVE PERCEPTIONS OF THE WORLD
DETERMINED BY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF
CULTURAL VALUES AND BELIEFS. INCLUDING AXIO-
NORMATIVE CONDITIONS, CULTURAL CONFLICTS
ARE OFTEN PROVOKED BY THE SOCIOECONOMIC
SITUATION IN GIVEN COMMUNITIES.