Since the occupy movement “Umbrella Movement” occurred last year, “social conflicts” became a common use term in Hong Kong society because a lot of citizens realize those are intensifying in Hong Kong. But, in actually, social conflicts exist all along the past in Hong Kong, and it could be divide as begins to intensify since 1997 and breakthrough at the movement of 2014. Hong Kong is a special place of combination of Western and Chinese culture, but in ideology of political, Hong Kong is more depend on the colonial experience of United Kingdom, especially in the legislation of human rights. For example, the “Hong Kong Bill of Rights” is based on the “International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights” to constitute which is signed by United …show more content…
For example, the new immigrants policies for China citizens, under these policies more and more China citizens could move to Hong Kong and become citizens of Hong Kong, but the differences of culture and life style cause the social conflicts between Hong Kong citizen and them, such as the manners applied in public space and language misunderstanding. It also causes social conflicts because of the welfare policy. Some new immigrants cannot adapt the life in Hong Kong, thus they have to rely the welfare policy of Hong Kong government. And these might include conflicts between those dependent on social benefits and those who perceive themselves as paying for them, conflicts between depressed and prosperous regions, conflicts between generations, conflicts between ethnic minorities and the dominant community. (Birch, A. H, 2007) Besides, Hong Kong citizens have to face the culture differences in life style in daily times, such as the Hong Kong citizens who lives in Sheung Shui public housing may face the habit to shouting of new immigrants. Finally, the social conflicts between Hong Kong citizens and mainland citizens (i.e. new immigrants). Another example, the Individual visit scheme causes a lot of China visitors come to Hong Kong to buy the products of daily used, but this affected Hong Kong citizens as there are not enough supply for too much visitors, such as the lack supply of milk powder and the service of hospital supply. This causes Hong Kong citizens could not buy the products for daily use and the price of them raise due to economic principle, thus lower Hong Kong citizens’ life quality. It also intensifies the social conflicts in society between Hong Kong citizens and China citizens. For the example above, a lot of Hong Kong citizens are disgruntled with the too much China citizens in Hong Kong, and it enlarge the conflict between them, the occupy movement occurred
This tension still exists today between Immigrants and US born citizens. Immigration is a constant topics of discussion among politicians, and the US population as a whole. US born citizens become tense with the arrivals of Immigrants; the US citizens are attempting to achieve their American Dream; these Immigrants are, in their minds, and obstacle on their path to success. Like the Californians in the Grapes of Wrath; the Americans have already attained their needs and are attempting to secure luxuries.
While communications were very much needed, the Chinese immigrants who came from a non-English speaking country struggled to communicate and connect with others because not many were actually able to speak in English. Their lack of vocabulary and understanding of english, wrong pronunciation and divergent meaning when conversing caused a lot of misunderstanding with the local Australian and other foreigners leading to more complicated problems. As Kirkman (1857, p. 54) points out, “the language barriers was the existence of a blatant breach in the issue of miners ' rights to Chinese which remained undetected for several months and no doubt contributed to Chinese resistance to and distrust of the revenue collection system.” Adding further to this was cultural difference. They experienced culture shock as a result of different values and ideologies from their traditional beliefs. This also caused a lot of aggression especially when there were also language barriers. Despite of experiencing culture shock due to their traditional values and ideologies core beliefs that are different from Australians, the Chinese immigrants overcame this problem by trying to accept Australian culture while keeping their own
Immigrants are defined as people who permanently move to a forgiven country from their origin country. Immigrants can move for the purposes of seeking better living, better education, or in order to avoid any sort of issues in their origin country. Despite the reasoning behind the decision of the movement, an immigrant will be affected by the change of culture, way of life, social system and community. The process of the movement effects each individual differently depending on their, age, gender and their level of connection to their past culture. Having that said, the younger the age of the individual, the more venerable and easily they become to changing their way of life in order to feel a part of a community. Gender however is also related to the race of the person. To elaborate, females and black males are more open to the idea of changing any of their factors to adjust to their ‘new society’. An individual’s connection with their past culture, has a great impact on their personality and their standing and belief in their values, morals and culture. Therefore, the stronger and deeper the connection with their original culture and way of life, the more satisfied the individual becomes. Therefore, they don’t feel the urge to compete with another culture. Therefore, their current standing with their own culture has a strong impact on their future judgment on other culture. The weaker the connection the more prone they are to changing their current culture. Thus, an individual’s stability level towards their culture depends on other factors that are concerned with them. [Different age groups are faced with different situation that leads them to deal with different issues and therefore they are exposed to different kinds of expe...
Did you know that in 2014, shoplifting and worker’s theft cost the retail industry a loss of thirty-two billion dollars (Wahba, 2015)? According Wahba “a common misperception about shoplifting is that retailers can ‘afford’ the loss of a candy bar or a pair of jeans” (2015). This type of reasoning certainly does make more sense when explained through the context of a criminological theory. For example according to the Rational Choice theory individuals weigh the costs and benefits associated with a criminal and or deviant act and then make a conscious choice. Other criminological theories explain criminal and deviant behavior using a biological, psychological, social, conflict, or multifactor component. Taking that into consideration in this
Nowadays, United States is the country that has variety of cultures, races, etc. mixing together by having immigrants in their countries. However, they need to control these group of people also. More people out of country are trying to stay in the U.S. However, this is not an easy process to deal with. There is an immigrant policy that they have to go through. In the past, United States is wide open for people to settle down on this land. There is no process of immigrants. However, in the middle of 1840 to 1880, immigrants started to come in the U.S. such as Irish and Chinese because of demanding of unskilled and cheap labors. In the 1920, automation replaced unskilled labors as a result immigrant’s policy is limited quotas for immigrants
Walmart can be studied using structure functional theory and social conflict theories. Social functional theory is the relationships among parts of society and how these parts are functional(have beneficial consequences) or dysfunctional (have negative consequences. Most Americans today love to shop at Walmart because they continue to give consumers the best prices on over 120,000 products and are one stop shopping.
Immigration has been a topic that has caused multiple discussions on why people migrate from one country to another, also how it affects both the migraters and the lands they go. Immigration is the movement from one location to another to live there permanently. This topic has been usually been associated with sociology to better explain how it affects people, cultures and societies. Sociology has three forms of thinking that are used to describe and analyze this topic. There are three forms of thinking that are used to tell and describe immigration to society; structural functionalist, symbolic interactionist, and conflict theory. Each of these theories uses different forms of thinking and rationality to describe and explain socio topics.
Conflict theory is a perspective derived from the work of Karl Marx, who believe that society is a dynamic entity and it is constantly undergoing changes driven by class conflict, who holds different interests, ideas and values, for competing scare resources and aiming to maximize their own-benefits. According to the founder of conflict theory, Karl Marx, society are divided into two category: the have and the do not have, the latter is dominated by the former ones who are those people with power in hands and with the greatest political, economic and social resources. Conflict theory assumes that society makes the norms to serve the interests of the powerful.
“In sociology, a theory is the framework for analysis that outlines what to focus on and provides predictions about logical outcomes within the framework.” (Durkin & Carrothers, 2015, Ch. 1.3, para 1) Sociologists have been trying to create a single theory to give explanations and understandings towards social and human behavior. However, this has only caused more theoretical perspectives to sprout and has led to the creation of three main theoretical perspectives within sociology. These perspectives are used to explain the social behavior and phenomena that are experienced and shown by humans. The perspectives are functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interaction. This paper will focus on conflict theory and the influence that Karl
Today, there is racial tension all around the world. Racial tension means the feeling that exists when people do not trust and be aggressive to each other. In Malaysia, racial tension has deepened recently. The Indian government has released an advisory for its foreign students that studying in Australia which showed that racial tension appeared around the White and Indian (“MEA issues travel advisory to Indian students in Aus”, 2010). Racial tension between the Han and Uighur communities in Xinjiang, China was enhanced in July 2009. There are several factors that causes racial tension to happen such as religion topic, government policy, prejudice and discrimination.
Members of The United Nations have a duty “to maintain international peace…in conformity with the principles of justice and international law.”[1] China, a core member of the United Nations since its formation in 1945, fails to comply with international human rights’ norms set forth by The United Nations Charter. This failure is noticeably prevalent in the practices of the Chinese Legal System. Its judicial proceedings in handling peaceful, political dissenters fail to provide the minimum protection of human rights guaranteed to all through international law. By examining accounts of Tibetans detained for such peaceful protests, this paper will set out to highlight the discrepancies between Chinese enforcement of international law in theory and in practice. Before this paper goes any further, the notion of international law must be explained. Providing a better understanding of international law will make easier the task of highlighting China’s struggles with enforcing such standards.
My fundamental beliefs are that adults and children should have respect for one another treating people as individuals. I believe that we should model a sense of understanding, encouragement, trust, teamwork, and perseverance in all who we come in contact with. I believe that everyone has should have the opportunity to learn in a environment that is positive and encouraging. Recognizing my fundamental beliefs I know that in the Skinner-Rogers’ dichotomy that I fall on the Rogerian side of the scale. My beliefs are consistent with that of Rogers. I am also in favor of referent power and I would like to work with the students as an interactionalist. With all of these frameworks in mind I looked at a program that most fit my beliefs and frameworks. I believe that I can initiate the program of Glasser and use it effectively in my teaching situation. Many schools and programs regularly go through a process whereby they attempt to develop a new philosophical base and a different practical approach to working with students. Jones (1987) estimated that 80% of disruptive behavior is talking to each other, 15% out of seat, the remaining 5% is spent on note passing, playing with pencils or objects. The cost of student failure is absorbed. If we are losing 30 to 50% of our time keeping on task as a result of small disruptions, I would say to you that no other problem costs you 30 to 50% of your entire school budget. In keeping this in mind, I would propose that our middle school take a look at a program developed by Dr. William Glasser, M.D. His model is consistent with my own beliefs and would fulfill the vision that our school has developed. Integrated in Dr. Glasser’s model are Choice Theory (previously termed Control Theory), Reality Therapy, and the Quality School. Choice Therapy is an explanation of behavior, Reality Therapy is a process allowing Choice Therapy principles to be operationalized, and the Quality Schools represent the application of Choice Theory and Reality Therapy ideas in Education. William Glasser’s model involves the initiation of what he calls quality schools. Glasser (1992) contends that we must offer students an education that they can see will satisfy both their immediate and future needs. Students can only learn if they view their schools as a place that is at least potentially need satisfying. If students do not perceive what we are offer...
Moreover, the residual social policy was contributed by the rapidly changing of the populations in Hong Kong. People in distress could go back to their native villages and families in China for help. On the other hand, government schemes to aid the poor and distressed might attract many such people from China. This invariant population that changed irregularly, discouraged the establishment of the social policy by the
The social conflict paradigm is a theory based on society being a complex system characterized by inequality and conflict that generate social change. Personal life experiences dictate me to believe this theory is true. Discussion of the theory in question and how it pertains to myself will be covered in the paper. Social conflict can be seen all over the world we live in: in sports, politics and normal social engagements. The main point I have experienced with this theory would be the fact that I don’t come from a rich, powerful, and prestigious family, which in turn limits my chances of being successful. Karl Marx studied social conflict His entire life and wanted to reduce social inequality. The social conflict theory can be described as favoritism. Society tends to show favoritism to the prestigious members of that particular society. Social inequality is shown throughout the world from situations of race, ethnicity, gender, and age. These factors may dictate wealth, schooling, power, and prestige. The social conflict paradigm views the patterns that benefit some people more than it would others, due to their social standings. Karl Marx was a sociologist who embraced the social conflict paradigm.
...at people are willing to stay in their own social class and remain a status quo. In the case of Hong Kong, inequality showed in difference of economic capitals spending on education of children, which affects the results of public examinations. Also, schooling inserts hidden curriculums to students. In Hong Kong, hidden curriculums are especially effective due to collectivism of Chinese society that people should obey authority. The excessive pursuit of degrees results in inflation of credentials. Employers can pay less for better employees and affects chances of poor to move upward in the social class hierarchy. Lastly, scholars of symbolic interaction focused on effect of labelling on individuals. The difference expectations from public on EMI students and CMI students serve as an example of the labelling effect that affect the self-fulfilling prophecy of students.