Inter-Group Conflict

Presented by: Corina Popa Nathan Thiel Wenona Scott Zhiwei Wu

INTERGROUP CONFLICT
A circumstance in which groups take antagonistic actions toward one another to control some outcome important to each. An overt expression of tensions between the goals or concerns of one party and those of another.

Sources of Intergroup Conflict

Competing Goals Competition for Resources Cultural Differences Power Discrepancies Assimilation Versus Preservation of MicroCultural Identity

Examples ?

South Africa
Highest inequality of wealth distribution in the world:
20% of the population owning 75% of the wealth

South Africa Apartheid

History Stakeholders Manifestations

South Africa History

Portuguese, Dutch, British since 1652 Apartheid - 1948 -1994 Racial Segregation
Separate but Equal Reservations or Homelands No Vote

South Africa History

African National Congress (ANC)
Under ground resistance Nelson Mandela imprisoned

US & UK economic pressure 1980s Botha resigns 1989

South Africa History

Stakeholders
White Non-White
Black South Africans Indians Coloured

Truth & Reconciliation Commission

Bilateral Conflict Apartheid vs ANC

Manifestations ?

In cages, blow-ups of the hated passbooks

121 nooses recall political prisoners hanged during apartheid

Structural
Core Concerns
Distribution of power & resources Built-in structural inequalities

Interest
Interests Goals Objectives

Cognitive Emotional
Beliefs Schemas Frames Fear Loss & grief Rage Pathology

Goals

Justice

Integration or Compromise

Reframing

Healing

Revolution Conflict Management Redistribution Techniques Deconstruction

Negotiation Mediations Compromise Bargaining Win-Win

Facilitated Contact

Truth-Telling Public Acknowledgement Forgiveness

Conflict Management Strategy

Moment for Decision
Amnesia Criminal Trials Negotiated Restitution and Compensation Political re-education Truth Commission

Structural
Core Concerns
Distribution of power & resources Built-in structural inequalities

Interest
Interests Goals Objectives

Cognitive Emotional
Beliefs Schemas Frames Fear Loss & grief Rage Pathology

Goals

Justice

Integration or Compromise

Reframing

Healing

Revolution Conflict Management Redistribution Techniques Deconstruction

Negotiation Mediations Compromise Bargaining Win-Win

Facilitated Contact

Truth-Telling Public Acknowledgement Forgiveness

Conflict Management Strategy

The Decision
Truth & Reconciliation Commission

Reasons
Collective Emotion - Chosen Trauma Collective Identity Collective Healing

Collective Emotion
Chosen Trauma Failure to Mourn Collective Regression

Identity Theory
Individual Identity An abiding sense of the self and of the relationship of the self to the world. It is a system of beliefs or a way of construing the world that makes life predictable rather than random. (Northrup)
Collective identity Identification with a particular culture, class, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, regional affiliation, etc. and with the narratives / stories internalized in that groups experience

Collective Healing
1. Expose Guilt 2. Public Record of Truth 3. Provide Acknowledgement 4. Dismantle Old Institutions

5. Deterrent of Further Human Rights

Violations