Conflict TheoryConflict Theory

KEY CONCEPTS• Conflict

• Resources And Distribution Rules• Equality • Equal Opportunity • Equity• Need• Status

• Power• Power Imbalances• Base of Power and Interdependence• The Principle of Least Interest• Coalitions and Alliances

• Negotiation• Consensus• Transferable Resources

Gilligan’s Island Theme

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a taleA tale of a fateful trip

That started from this tropic portAboard this tiny ship

The mate was a mighty sailing manThe skipper brave and sure

Five passengers set sail that dayFor a three hour tour . . . a three hour tour

The weather started getting roughThe tiny ship was tossed

If not for the courage of the fearless crewThe minnow would be lost . . . the minnow would be lost

The ship set ground on the shore of thisuncharted desert isle

Here On Gilligan’s Isle!

The Five Rules Of Resource Distribution

Equality • Equal Opportunity • Equity • Need • Status

KEY CONCEPTS• Conflict

• Resources And Distribution Rules• Equality • Equal Opportunity • Equity• Need• Status

• Power• Power Imbalances• Base of Power and Interdependence• The Principle of Least Interest• Coalitions and Alliances

• Negotiation• Consensus• Transferable Resources