The purpose of this study is to identify social conflicts as people perceive and experience them. We also examine social conflicts in the context of social cohesion. To do this, we anlayzed people's resources and levels of power possession, differences in values, and experiences with social conflicts. We then examined if these individual differences give rise to differences in perception between men and women, between generations and between socioeconomic groups. In addition, we considered public conflict to better understand the governance structure of conflict management. The structural analysis this study provides of social conflicts and their factors this study may prove of use in promoting social cohesion. The study is an extension of an earlier study ("Social Problem and Social Cohesion") where we claimed that not only the solution to disparities and decrease of material instability are important but also the belief on the society is normally function is crucial to promote social cohesion. For that, we suggested to grasp causes and aspects of various social conflicts that most Koreans have experienced. As a part of this study, the survey of Social Conflict and Social Cohesion was conducted to understand conditions and levels of social conflicts that people perceived. The survey is especially focused on economic resources and distribution of power resources. And it includes questions to figure out responses' perception of class, generation, gender and public conflicts and to analyze in-depth chracters of responses and their hourseholds.  Also, the questionnaires include continuous questions of the study of Social Conflict and Social Cohesion to measure the condition of social cohesion in Korea. The report, an analysis of crucial parts of questionnaire, consists of 7 chapters, the following is a summary of the report. The first chapter is an introduction, it describes an outline of the study and questions of the questionnaire. The socio-economic context of social conflicts was reviewed in Chapter 2. The chapter describes how the media has depicted generation, class, and gender conflicts since 1990. Also a problem of disparity, a cause of social conflict, is profoundly examined through data analysis on the chapter. Chapter 3 focuses on public perception of social conflicts and people’s attitude about redistribution. The subjective income class is a more significant axis for recognizing class conflicts than objective income class. Lower income groups were more likely to perceive our society as unfair and unequal. Regarding the government intervention and welfare attitude, middle income class tends to be more conservative and to show self-interested attitudes. Chapter 4 is about the gender conflict. On the chapter we review present and potential state of gender conflict with the social and individual aspects. Moreover, it demonstrates aspects of gender conflict and state of social and personal gender conflict based on demographical, socioeconomic, and psychological aspects of people who experienced and perceived sexual discrimination or sexual abuse. The topic of Chapter 5 is the generation conflict, specifically, differences in perception between generations. The conflict of resource distribution between generations and following value changes are mainly reviewed on the chapter. Chapter 6 is an analysis of public conflict. It includes various opinions regarding public conflicts, perception of public conflict frequency of occurrence, public conflict management system, and main agents of public conflict resolution and their roles. Finally, Chapter 7 is a summary of the study and policy recommendations. To promote social cohesion, conflicts, which is caused in the process of distribution of members’ needs, scarce resources and power, should be well managed. To deal with that, it is essential to intervene and response based on interested parties in the case of various government plans.

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I. Introduction ·············································································································15

  1. Background and Purpose ·····································································································17

  2. Research Scope ··············································································································20

II. Socioeconomic Background of Social Conflicts and Its Theoretical Review ·············································31

  1. Social Conflicts in the News and Statistics ······························································································33

  2. Theoretical Review ······················································································································65

III. Perceptions of Conflicts and Attitudes towards (Re)Distribution in Different Social Classes ··································73

  1. Introduction ··································································································································75

  2. Theoretical Background and Research Methods ·······························································································76

  3. Study Results ··························································································································84

  4. Summary and Policy Implications ······································································································117

IV. Gender Conflict and Social Cohesion ·················································································119

  1. Introduction ································································································································121

  2. Theoretical Background and Research Methods ·····························································································122

  3. Study Results ·······················································································································129

  4. Summary and Policy Implications ······································································································154

V. Generational Divergence of Perceptions and Social Cohesion ································································159

  1. Introduction ································································································································161

  2. Theoretical Background and Research Methods ·····························································································163

  3. Study Results ·······················································································································174

  4. Summary and Policy Implications ······································································································191

VI. Social Conflicts and Social Cohesion ·················································································193

  1. Introduction ································································································································195

  2. Theoretical Background and Research Methods ·····························································································196

  3. Study Results ·······················································································································200

  4. Summary and Policy Implications ······································································································223

VII. Conclusion and Research Implications ·················································································225

  1. Research Summary ·······················································································································227

  2. Research Implications and Policy Recommendations ·····························································································231

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