Sociology 2260A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Product Liability, Social Change, Legal Culture

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2260A/B
• Professor: Brenda Kobayashi

Document Summary

If not resolved, enters conflict stage: conflict stage, aggrieved party confronts offending party and communicated his/her resentment or feeling of injustice to person or group, dyadic involves two parties. If not resolved, enters dispute stage: dispute stage, conflict is made public, characterized by involvement of third party in disagreement, triadic involves participation of third party, who is called upon as agent of settlement. Mexico: witches who sent sickness, ask that sickness be sent, perform specific actions (ex: causing victim to rot away), control weather, talk to saints, or cause sickness by an evil eye: settled through lumping. Inaction, to not making claim or complaint: done by claimants who lack information or access or who knowingly decide gain is too low, cost too high (including cost of prosecuting where such activity is offensive) In industrialized countries (canada), lumping behaviour, avoidance and negotiation are most frequent responses to dispute situations.