Analyze The Role Of Conflict In American Politics

Through out the history of America, there were many compromises made as a desperate attempt to make both groups of people of either side happy as much as they could. In this case, the United States tried to avoid war with a series of political compromises in an attempt to reduce sectional tensions between the North and South, which proved to be ineffective.

Throughout history, many political figures have had contrasting opinions between each other. Even though these disagreements may bring about conflicts, they are essential to a balanced and fair government. The dispute between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson was one of the earliest conflicts between political figures in America. Their relationship pertained of many contrasting ideas, which lead to problems in the early American government. Despite these problems, it enabled the representation of all citizens, even those whose views differed greatly. The contrasting views between political figures allows for the representation of the majority of citizen’s opinions in the government.

Although one should compromise when they can, that option should not always be entertained. In various cases, the immediate inclination to settle with the opposition has led to cataclysmic consequences. Furthermore, that scenario has played out in numerous occasions in history, one notable instance being the compromises on the subject of slavery from the United States which resulted in the outbreak of the American Civil War. While numerous individuals at this time, especially politicians, accepted the compromises as a solution to war, some men such as William Lloyd Garrison, refused to believe in any reasonable compromise in the subject matter. In addition, the controversy of compromise occurs in the 21st century, although it has proven

The tension caused by the political stalemate of the current two-party system in the United States of America undoubtedly trickles down to the day to day living of the average person. It is, without question, one of the most indecisive eras in the political history of the United States. As a representative democracy, the decisions made by those on Capitol Hill should reflect the wills of the American majority, but to say such might imply that the majority wishes ill happenings onto their less numerous counterparts. Such an assertion can be supported by purported discrimination by law makers, economic disagreement, political indecisiveness, intrepid abuse of power by American law enforcement officers, and social injustices represented by the

The United States’ presidential election this year is nothing but a massive conflict between both the presidential nominees, and actual violent confrontations amongst the voters. There will be ramifications for many years to come regardless of who wins, and the world is paying attention. Both the presidential nominees are morally reprehensible people who are reviled greatly by significant portions of the U.S. population, yet they somehow managed to make it through the primaries to become our nominees. For those that care about decency, it is hard to imagine voting for either one, and I actually find myself longing for Ron Paul to throw his hat back into the ring. How did this come to pass, and how does it reflect upon us as a people?

Rather than working toward a better nation through healthy debate, we simply split ourselves apart as Republicans or Democrats, Traditionalists and Progressives, Liberals and Conservatives, no matter what name the warring sides takes on it is one of the worst proponents of poor communication. Those who are stuck in their traditional ways, in this case Republicans, are generally on the losing side. The others, who have more progressive views, in today’s landscape the Democrats, are generally winning, even if it takes more time. However, both parties are stuck because they are not communicating effectively and politely. The Republicans, who act as the listeners in this case, are uncompromising in their ways and refuse to listen to others. Their bitterness only causes a halt in the flow of government, stagnating the process by which or nation gets things done. The other party, the Democrats are no less to blame, for in each victory or triumph they only stand to gloat over it. Rubbing it in does nothing for them but inflate their egos and make the bittersweet arguments of politics all the more bitter. The bitterness bites at the Republican politicians, and they bite back. Eventually it is a war, waged across radio waves, plastered on television screens and paraded around the District of

The video that gave unemployed, homeless men a job in craftsmanship, strongly represented the sociological Conflict Perspective in an over looked way. Lamon Luther gave jobs to each of these men by first observing the community in which they each lived. Once Lamon had seen the struggle of the homeless men, he then began realizing the impact that helping these men with jobs would have on each of them. Also, the influence that Lamon could have over society in a sense of creating a way to make a difference in not only the homeless men’s lives but also the lives of others around them. Conflict Perspective is defined by saying that social behavior is best understood by the power that an individual has compared to another. This power includes access to not only materialistic things, but also shelter, electricity, and transportation. Lamon gave each man a chance at having a higher power in society and this video strongly suggests that anyone- even a homeless man can gain the power to better themselves or the people around them.

Citizens of America often say that they do not like the conflict in American politics. Conflict has always been a problem in today’s government, because different people believe that different things should happen today. Instead of taking each others beliefs and opinions, we create a wedge between each other and different parties. Life in America will forever be like this until we can respect each others opinions and stop fighting each other. America should be like one community, however we have separate parties and clicks and we do not respect anyones beliefs or opinion, except our own. George Washington predicted the future in 1796 stating, “The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural

Because we frequently work in large, diverse groups, it often difficult to gauge on everyone's demands and deliver satisfying results to each member. Therefore, we often find ourselves in need of making decisions collectively, often at some group members' disdain. To reduce this occurrence, we need to make compromises. Human history is a history of compromises. Connecticut Compromise, Missouri Compromise, and the Compromise of 1850 are all compromises that delivered historically significant results. In our daily lives, although the compromises we make do not carry historically significant results like the three did, they carry the transformative power to alleviate our differences. For example, as a Wikipedia patroller, I often nominate substandard

In the American society, individuals are, more often than not, displeased with the way that congressmen represent the people. Many Americans believe that politicians focus more on the capital than they do their own district. However, Americans fail to take into consideration the collaborative effort it takes to accomplish things in Congress. Furthermore, Americans need to take into account the things that Congress is able to provide for the people of its nation and the results it has on a political party. Furthering the discontentment with contemporary politics, Americans are split between party lines. This division forces the American nation to steadily suffer from sickening political controversy. Nevertheless, politicians are doing an effective job handling their workload.

Conflict handling is best addressed when both parties engage in an integrative approach where they work in cooperation and generate solutions that address the needs of both parties (de Reuver, 2006). This isn’t always the approach, however. Power can prevent a positive problem solving approach. The one holding the power simply does not need to operate in this way. “The powerful are less dependent on others than others are on them for acquiring and maintaining important resources” (de Reuver, 2006). In short, conflict, difficult already to manage, becomes much more difficult to handle if the power is unequal.

Americans live in a free country but sometimes their freedoms infringe on the people surrounding them. Many people have different reasons for living. Most people live for what makes them happy in life and perhaps some dont ever want to die. So therefore a problem in American society is created because of the conflict between different life style choice. With conflict there is usually someone caught in the middle that has no idea what to do. In this case the American Government is the one caught in the middle.

The United States started as a nation that was to be built on the philosophy of a no party system. George Washington once said “However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.” Our government was built for the people. Under the Article of Confederation, it states that the states had to agree on issues unanimously. But with the passing of the United States Constitution, the constitution different opinions and ways of thinking throughout the population, the country began to form parties to represent each citizen. In our current society, we have two main parties. These parties are the Democratic and Republican parties. Both parties have different views regarding social programs, health care, and individual liberty. Though on the surface they seem diverse, they do share similarities. Democrats and Republicans believe in the democracy that the country was built on. They agree on tax cuts, foreign aid, and spending. No matter what the issue may be, they are run by the same people and the same government.

From the country’s conception, the US government has held a promise that no other country at the time had done: the voice of the people would be heard. However, recently in 2010, the Supreme Court decided through the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that corporations and unions through production of political action committees (PACs) are now given the ability to have “free speech” when it comes to the campaigns of candidates in elections, and in turn, are allowed to donate an unlimited amount of money to an electoral campaign. This case overturned the Tillman Act of 1907, which was made in response to growing sentiment that the wealthiest individuals of that time were overly-influencing the outcome of an election in their

Society has divulged into a pit of contention over various issues, such as marriage equality, if intrusive surveillance is a necessary evil, and if the Second Amendment to the Constitution should be upheld. Throughout all of the intense, and sometimes brutal debate on all of the sides of these issues, we remain no closer to resolving these disputes. Every day that we continue to bicker, fight, and become inflamed like children. Thus, people continue to become more inflamed with the lack of improvement and advancement of society. Furthermore, while we continue to drag our feet, our civil liberties are being eroded away and our lives are being brutalized. As an example, the time that we continue to waste trying to decide if people should be allowed to possess firearms with varying magazine sizes, there continue to be more deaths resulting from individuals who should probably not have access to weapons in the first place. Yet, we continue to do nothing about helping these individuals and preventing them from having access to these weapons. Instead, our society argues that it makes more sense to strip away the rights of the law abiding citizens because of the few who do not abide by law rather than provide assistance to the few. Due to all of this, it is apparent that our inability to compromise continues to lead to