The Wilmot Proviso‚ and the question of whether to allow the expansion of slavery‚ gave the nation’s political parties a new focus‚ and inspired the establishment of new political factions. In the election of 1848‚ the Democrats and the Whigs were both split over the issue of expanding slavery. Factions in support of the Wilmot Proviso clustered together‚ and formed the Free Soil Party. Northerners had become increasingly suspicious of the Union‚ and believed that the Federal Government was run by
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Libertinism is the term used to describe the philosophical outlook that began to be adopted by some northern Europeans in the 17th century‚ predominantly in England and France. Libertines placed a great emphasis on the pleasures that could be enjoyed in life‚ such as sex and alcohol‚ holding a cynical view toward anything that could not be physically experienced. Religiously the ‘sinful’ living that many libertines carried out meant they instantly clashed with the views of the established church
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Informal third party intervention consists of helping parties with whom relational ties exist (Wilmot‚ Hocker‚ 2007). Formal third party intervention is helping conflict by way of mediators‚ counselors‚ arbitrators and the court system (Wilmot‚ Hocker‚ 2007). When using a third party in conflicts‚ many conflicts require a third party that does not have an interest in the outcome of the conflict (Wilmot‚ Hocker‚ 2007). This will assist in a partiality and favoritism with the parties involved.
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Dr. Barbara Hollingshead The Family Stone: Elements of Conflict Conflict‚ according to Wilmot & Hocker (2011)‚ is defined as an expressed struggle between at least two interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals‚ scarce resources‚ and interference from others in achieving their goals. At the core of all conflict analysis is perception (Wilmot & Hocker‚ 2011). In interpersonal conflicts‚ people react as though there are genuinely different goals‚ there is not enough
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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY GROUP MEMBERS REGISTRATION NUMBER KIARIE NJUGUNA C01/44463/2012 SOSPETER NJUE MUNYI C01/44968/2012 JACINTA WAMBUI NDEGWA PAMELA ASIGI ABDINASIR ROBLE SARAH MUTHONI NDUNGU FLORENCE CHEPNGETICH C01/44645/2012 KIMATHI MUNYAMBU C01/45623/2012 BENSON MAINA VICORIA NDINDA 2013 CONFLICT SYSTEM THEORY What is Conflict? Conflicts are generally defined as relational disputes between two or more parties‚
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When thinking of conflict‚ many think of violence or hate. Although‚ according to Wilmot and Hocker‚ conflict is simply a “struggle over values and claims to scarce status‚ power‚ and resources in which the aims of the opponents are to neutralize‚ injure‚ or eliminate the rivals” (Hocker & Wilmot‚ pp.11). Conflict behaviors exist on a spectrum‚ ranging from mild to war (Hocker & Wilmot‚ pp.11). Mild conflicts likely modeling a constructive conflict approach‚ chosen
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Cited: Koesten‚ J. (2006). Not on My Sabbath. (2nd Ed.)‚ Case Studies for Organizational Communication: Understanding Communication Processes (pp. 350-355). Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing Company Wilmot‚ W. W. & Hocker‚ J. L. (2007). Interpersonal conflict (6th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
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powerful and those that feel that they have little to no power. The different individual perceptions of power within a conflict can affect communication. Power can be distributed in three distinct ways: distributive‚ designated‚ and integrated (Wilmot and Hocker‚ 2007). Distributive power comes from the ability to reach objectives over the resistance of another. Designated power is power that is given to someone because of a position (such as a politician that is voted into office to represent people
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conflict specifies that each person has a view of (1) oneself‚ (2) the other person‚ and (3) the relationship. These perceptual pieces form the fundamental views of all conflicts‚ and combined together they form the mosaic of a particular conflict (Wilmot & Hocker 2010). There are also minimal features of all conflicts. They are: (1)the communicative acts or behaviors of each person‚ (2)the meanings or attributions attached to those acts by each person‚ which are each person’s view of self and each person’s
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Course/Institution Instructor’s Name Date (Delete this and All blue text in your paper) First Personal Assignment (title copied to here) Identifying the underlying humanistic facets that contribute to both interpersonal and intrapersonal conflict (Wilmot & Hocker‚ 2007) appears a worthy undertaking. Many suggestions might be made as to the mechanisms contributing to conflict. This discourse will attempt to address this issue through defining conflict‚ the role of personality in conflict‚ how metaphor
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