Conflict or Consensus?
Assignment:
Consider the following behaviors prohibited by law: speeding, shoplifting, marijuana use, prostitution, and murder.
Choose one of these behaviors and tell us how efforts to prohibit provide examples of “conflict” and/or “consensus.” Provide specific examples to support your view. Be prepared to defend your arguments with scholarly literature.
Which perspective do you think is dominant in our society?
Does your perspective affect the way you look at the world?
The video link and additional resources:
http://www.unm.edu/~soc101/orderandconflict.htm
https://www.public.asu.edu/~sshutte/documents/Shutters_Cutts_ICCCD08.pdf
Choose one of these behaviors and tell us how efforts to prohibit provide examples of “conflict” and/or “consensus.” Provide specific examples to support your view.
