What is conflict?
State of disagreement caused by either the actual or perceived opposition of needs, values and interests
What are 4 main reasons for conflict?
1) Identify
2) Ethnicity
3) Culture
4) Territory
What is identity?
Systematic body of concepts regarding human life/culture
What is nationalism?
Loyalty and devotion to a nation that creates a sense of national consciousness e.g. Scotland
What are 4 patterns of conflict?
1) INternationaol
2) National
3) Regional
4) Local
What can expressions of conflict either be?
Violent or non violent
What are some examples of non-violent expressions of conflict?
- Political activity
- Debate
- Protest
- Strikes
How can a debate be a non-violent expression of conflict?
Formal discussion of a notion before a deliberative body
What are some examples of a violent expression of conflict?
Terrorism: systematic use of fear among the public
How can local conflict be resolved? What are the 4 stages?
- Planning officer
- Planning Committee
- Both sides taken into account and decision made
- Can appeal if rejected
What is a planning officers role in planning developments?
- Ensures dvlpt follows planning laws, e.g. suitable building time and house prices
Who might make up a planning committee?
- Views of all interested parties
- Organisation that made proposal, local people
What must be considered in the planning committee?
- Whether benefits outweigh negatives
- Whether development has wider benefits outside local area
What can happen if planning developments are rejected?
Appeal
What is separatism?
Where regions want to become separate from a larger group - the attempt by regional groups to gain more political control from central government over their area
What are 5 examples of separatist pressures?
1) Economic independence
2) Minority language
3) Minority religious grouping
4) Exploitation of local resources
5) Peripheral location to P/E core
Why might economic independence make a region wish to be separate?
- Depressed area compared to wealthier or vice versa
- May be more wealthy if independent
Why might a minority language or culture make a region wish to be separate?
- Maintenance and promotion of language
Why might a minority religious grouping make a region wish to be separate?
- Can allow practice of religion without suffering from prejudice or discrimination
Why might exploitation of local resources make a region wish to be separate?
- Resource to themselves
- Western Australia, rich in minerals
Why might a peripheral location to the P/E core make a region wish to be separate?
- Far away
- Little influence over decisions in comparison to those in the centre
- Breakaway could result in stronger voice
What is the main definition of a multicultural society?
The status of different ethnic/racial/religious groupings coexisting in the same society
What is one issue with definitions of multiculturalism?
Subjective, some may view a MS as neutral, whereas others might view it as P/S
What is the distribution of ethnic societies through out the UK?
- More live in England than S/W/I
- London has 45% of migrants
- Northern cities generally have higher MC pops
- Industrial cities have higher concentrations of ethnic groups with exception of Norwich, Lpool, Exeter, Glasgow
