Industrial Conflict in Lebanon

Insofar as one accepts the proposition that discontent is a normal condition of mankind, then industrial conflict, or the inherent instability of labor-management relations, becomes an inevitable and continuous phenomenon in most changing societies This is more the case in a newly developing society where the disruptive forces of economic and rapid social change may widen further the gap between the haves and the have-nots, and where discontent emerges as a reflection of the unequal distribution of power, status, and wealth. So as long as these dynamic forces exist, some degree of conflict is liable to persist in society. It is for this reason, perhaps, that conflict has not only been regarded as an inevitable and continuous phenomenon, but along with other forms of social interaction—particularly competition, cooperation and isolation—it has been increasingly treated in the literature as a basic social process in society.1

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• Anthropology and Industry

  Carol S Holzberg, Maureen J Giovannini•Annual Review of Anthropology•1981

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• The Etiquette of Bargaining in the Middle East1

  Open Access•Fuad I Khuri•American Anthropologist•1968

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