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This 6 page paper begins by providing information on Coser and Marx as conflict theorists. Then, the 2007 writers' strike is evaluated under the Marxist perspective. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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claim, in The Communist Manifesto: "The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honored and looked up to with reverent awe. It has converted the physician, the
lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of science, into its paid wage- labourers" (p.21). Authors also contend that marriage is something encouraged by the capitalist government and something
that exists for the benefit of the government. They call marriage and family a "bourgeois claptrap" (Marx & Engels, 1998, p. 57). Coser (1956) talks about class conflict as well
but discusses it in a functional manner, suggesting that it maintains group identities. In other words, for Coser, there is the same divisiveness witnessed by Marx, but there is a
difference in that Coser sees it from a functional perspective. Also, for Coser (1956), conflict serves a constructive purpose at it allows for frank discussion about issues, something that can
lead to resolution. Marx saw conflict largely as negative. While both Coser (1956) and Marx (1998) see conflict as defining society, they each have different perspectives when it comes
to whether or not conflict is positive or negative. In utilizing a model to analyze conflict, a student may want to choose the writers strike as an area of focus.
This is a classic fight and something that may be equated with what Karl Marx (1998) expresses in his concept of a divided society. Here, the television writers simply want
royalties on new media for all of their hard work, but the large companies profit without giving them their due. Because of changes in the way that television shows are
accessed-DVD, computer, ipod, DVR-large companies are profiting and the writers are not getting paid more money. The response of the large companies is this: "The studios say the demands are
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