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In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society, 10/E
D. Stanley Eitzen, Colorado State University
Maxine Baca Zinn, Michigan State University

ISBN-10: 0205376223
ISBN-13: 9780205376223

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 608 pp
Published: 07/07/2003

This item has been replaced by In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society, 12/E.

This introductory text, written from a conflict perspective, emphasizes four themes: diversity, the struggle to achieve social justice, economic and global transformations in the U.S., and a global perspective.

In Conflict and Order studies the forces that lead to both stability and change in society. As they examine the standard topics in an introductory course, the authors show how social problems are structural in origin. While the pace of social change is increasing, society's institutions are resistant to change. Eitzen and Baca Zinn challenge students to develop a sociological perspective by questioning their own basic beliefs, and to debate the facts rather than merely accepting the authors' way of looking at the world.

Existing social structures are examined sympathetically for the stability they provide.

An overall conflict perspective, on the other hand, looks at social structures as the source of social problems.

Race, class, and gender are examined throughout to further enhance understanding of inequality and injustice.

Chapter 18 and“Human Agency” boxes throughout the text show how individuals and groups can become empowered to achieve positive social change.

“Globalization” boxes present examples of the consequences of the world's increasing interdependence.

“Diversity” boxes address tolerance and understanding of a wide range of groups, institutions, choices and behaviors.

“A Closer Look” boxes elaborate on specific topics in detail, including “Learning to Hate” (Ch. 5); “The Internet and the Shrinking Zone of Privacy” (Ch. 6); “Welfare Reform, Work, and Families” (Ch. 15) and “Winning Civil Rights for People with Disabilities” (Ch. 18).

“Research Methods” boxes explore different stages and facets of the research process in the social sciences.

New “Globalization” boxes focus on the processes by which the worlds' peoples become increasingly interconnected economically, politically, culturally, and environmentally.

New lists of annotated websites at the end of each chapter direct students to relevant online source material.

Updated examples and statistics throughout reflect the latest research in the aging of society; inequities in both national and international distribution of wealth; the cost of education; societal reaction to gay marriages; family size versus earning capacity; the growth of families headed by women; the success of Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; school vouchers; and the feminization of poverty.

New topics include—
- The increasing dominance of the English language worldwide (Ch. 3).
- Government surveillance and the history of government repression of dissent, both before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (Ch. 6).
- Who marked more than one race on the 2000 U.S. Census? (Ch. 7).
- United States companies outsourcing work to other countries where labor and production are less expensive (Ch. 8).
- Corporate malfeasance and other ethical breaches on the part of corporations such as Boeing, Enron, Worldcom, KMart, Tyco and General Electric (Chs. 8, 13 & 14).
- Gender gaps in technology: why fewer high school girls than boys enroll in computer classes (Ch. 12).
- Low-paid, non-unionized workers as the fastest growing labor market sector (Ch. 13).
- Importance of standardizing education funding and teacher training before standardizing tests for students (Ch. 16).
- The globalization of the world's major religions and the growth of Islam in the United States (Ch. 17).

NEW SUPPLEMENTS—
- Editor's Choice Custom Intersections Database Reader—a short, inexpensive collection of readings from Pearson Custom Publishing's Intersections database, selected specifically to accompany this text.
- PowerPoint Lecture Outline Presentation for instructors.

TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE—
- Companion Website with Online Practice Tests.

Preface.

I. THE SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH.

1. The Sociological Perspective.

Sociology.

Assumptions of the Sociological Perspective.

Problems with the Sociological Perspective.

The Historical Development of Sociology.

Sociological Methods: The Craft of Sociology.

A CLOSER LOOK: Sociological Questions.

RESEARCH METHODS: Minimizing Bias.

2. The Structure of Social Groups.

The Micro Level.

A CLOSER LOOK: The Effects of the New Technology on Social Interaction.

The Societal or Macro Level.

DIVERSITY: The Societal Reaction to Gay Marriages.

3. The Duality of Social Life: Order and Conflict.

Social Systems: Order and Conflict.

RESEARCH METHODS: Social Scientists and Values.

Synthesis of the Order and Conflict Models.

A CLOSER LOOK: The Fragmentation of U. S. Society.

A CLOSER LOOK: Division and Violence in India.

The Use of the Order and Conflict Models in This Book.

II. THE INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY: SOCIETY IN THE INDIVIDUAL.

4. Culture.

Culture: The Knowledge That People Share.

A CLOSER LOOK: Is the United States Culturally Superior?

A CLOSER LOOK: Cultural Time.

The Globalization of Culture.

GLOBALIZATION: The Increasing Domination of the English Language. Worldwide. Values.

A CLOSER LOOK: The Negative Consequences of Overemphasizing Competition in Sport.

RESEARCH METHODS: Participant Observation.

Values from the Order and Conflict Perspectives.

5. Socialization.

The Personality as a Social Product.

A CLOSER LOOK: Learning to Hate.

A CLOSER LOOK: What Is the Impact of Violence in the Media on Youth?

Similarities and Differences Among the Members of Society.

6. Social Control.

Agents of Ideological Social Control.

DIVERSITY: The Amish and Social Control.

Agents of Direct Social Control.

A CLOSER LOOK: Government Control in Singapore.

Social Control in the Private Sector: Implications for Contemporary Social Life.

A CLOSER LOOK: The Internet and the Shrinking Zone of Privacy.

Social Control from the Order and Conflict Perspectives.

7. Deviance.

Traditional Theories for the Causes of Deviance.

Society as the Source of Deviance.

DIVERSITY: The Criminal Justice System: Unreasonable Stops and Searches by Race.

HUMAN AGENCY: The Gay Rights Movement.

A CLOSER LOOK: Corporate Perjury and Obstruction of Justice.

Deviance from the Order and Conflict Perspectives.

III. THE STUDY OF SOCIETY.

8. Structural Sources of Societal Change: Economic and Demographic.

Globalization and the Structural Transformation of the Economy.

GLOBALIZATION: Globalization, the Boeing Company and Its U.S. Workers.

A CLOSER LOOK: Technological Change and Changing Jobs.

The New Immigration and the Changing Racial Landscape.

DIVERSITY: Newcomers Bring Diversity, But Fuel Fears.

HUMAN AGENCY: Immigrants Fight Back through Workers Centers.

The Aging Society.

9. Social Stratification.

A CLOSER LOOK: The Caste System in India.

GLOBALIZATION: Inequality Among Nations.

Major Concepts.

Theories of Stratification.

Deficiency Theories.

RESEARCH METHODS: How Science Is Affected by the Political Climate.

Structural Theories.

DIVERSITY: Who Benefits from Poverty?

10. Class.

Dimensions of Inequality.

Social Classes.

The Consequences of Social Class Positions.

Social Mobility.

Poverty in the United States.

HUMAN AGENCY: Coping Strategies among the Poor.

Myths about Poverty.

A CLOSER LOOK: The New Welfare Policy: A Critique.

11. Racial Inequality.

Racial and Ethnic Minorities.

DIVERSITY: Who Marked More Than One Race in the 2000 Census?

A CLOSER LOOK: Why Whiteness Studies, Why Now?

Explanations of Racial and Ethnic Inequality.

Racial Stratification from the Order and Conflict Perspectives.

Discrimination against Blacks and Hispanics: Continuity and Change.

HUMAN AGENCY: ERASE—A Model for School Reform.

Contemporary Trends and Issues in U.S. Racial and Ethnic Relations.

GLOBALIZATION: The Internationalization of Racist Music.

12. Gender Inequality.

DIVERSITY: Is a Gender-Free World Possible?

Women and Men are Differentiated and Ranked.

Gender Stratification from the Order and Conflict Perspectives.

Learning Gender.

A CLOSER LOOK: Where Are the Girls.Com?

Reinforcing Male Dominance.

Structured Gender Inequality.

GLOBALIZATION: Globalization and Women in the Sex Industry.

The Costs and Consequences of Sexism.

Fighting the System.

IV. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

13. The Economy.

Capitalism and Socialism.

The Corporation-Dominated Economy.

Capitalism and Inequality.

Work in U.S. Society.

HUMAN AGENCY: Sweatshop Workers Organize and Win.

Capitalism in Crisis.

A CLOSER LOOK: Titans of the Enron Economy.

Declining Wages, Jobs, Consumerism, and Profits.

14. Power and Politics.

Models of the National Power Structure.

A CLOSER LOOK: Structural Barriers to Democracy.

A CLOSER LOOK: Is the United States a Plutocracy? Some Warnings.

The Consequences of Concentrated Power.

HUMAN AGENCY: The Use of the Courts to Achieve Racial Equality.

The Order and Conflict Perspectives on the Distribution of Power.

15. Families

The Mythical Family in the United States.

Families in Contemporary U.S. Society.

Changing Family Roles.

A CLOSER LOOK: Welfare Reform, Work, and Families.

RESEARCH METHODS: Researching Families.

Violence in Families.

The Modern Family from the Order and Conflict Perspectives.

Families of the Future.

DIVERSITY: Why Family Issues Matter for Lesbians and Gays.

16. Education.

The Characteristics of U.S. Education.

DIVERSITY: Cooling Out the Failures.

Education and Inequality.

DIVERSITY: Standardize Funding and Teachers before Standardizing Tests.

Education from the Order and Conflict Perspectives.

17. Religion.

GLOBALIZATION: The Global Reach of the World's Major Religions.

A CLOSER LOOK: Holy Tortilla.

Classical Sociology's Differing Interpretations of Religion.

Some Distinctive Features of U.S. Religion.

DIVERSITY: Islam in the United States.

A CLOSER LOOK: The Heaven's Gate Cult.

Class, Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion.

DIVERSITY: Religion and Patriarchy.

Religious Trends.

Contemporary Christianity and Politics.

Religion from the Order and the Conflict Perspectives.

V. HUMAN AGENCY.

18. Human Agency: Individuals and Groups in Society.

Changing Social Structures.

The Sociological Paradox: Social Structure and Agency.

Social Movements.

A CLOSER LOOK: Winning Civil Rights for People with Disabilities.

GLOBALIZATION: Students Against Sweatshops.

Agency: Social Change from the Bottom Up.

Conclusion.

Glossary.

References.

Name Index.

Subject Index.

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In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society, 12/E
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ISBN-10: 0205625134 | ISBN-13: 9780205625130
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This introductory text, written from a conflict perspective, emphasizes four themes: diversity, the struggle by the powerless to achieve social justice, the changing economy, and globalization.

In Conflict and Order studies the forces that lead to both stability and change in society and asks:

Who benefits from the existing social arrangements, and who does not?

How are human beings shaped by society?

What are the forces that maintain social stability, produce social inequality, and resist social change?
In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society, 11/E
Eitzen & Baca Zinn
©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 608 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205484948 | ISBN-13: 9780205484942
Brief Description

This introductory text, written from a conflict perspective, emphasizes four themes: diversity, the struggle by the powerless to achieve social justice, the changing economy, and globalization.

In Conflict and Order studies the forces that lead to both stability and change in society. As the authors examine the standard topics in an introductory course, they show how social conditions are structural in origin. While the pace of social change is increasing, society's institutions are resistant to change.

Eitzen and Baca Zinn challenge students to develop a sociological perspective by questioning their own basic beliefs and debating the facts rather than merely accepting the authors' way of looking at the world.

In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society |
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This thought-provoking introduction to sociology, written from a conflict perspective, emphasizes four themes: diversity; the struggle to achieve social justice; economic and global transformations in the U.S.; and a global orientation.

In Conflict and Order studies the forces that lead to both stability and change in society. The authors show how social problems are structural in origin, and challenge readers to question their own basic beliefs.

Topics new to the tenth edition include:

The increasing dominance of the English language worldwide (Ch. 3)
Government surveillance and the history of government repression of dissent, both before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (Ch. 6)
Who marked more than one race on the 2000 U.S. Census? (Ch. 7)
United States companies outsourcing work to other countries where labor and production is less expensive (Ch. 8)
Corporate malfeasance and other ethical breaches on the part of corporations (Chs. 8, 13 and 14)
Gender gaps in technology: why fewer high school girls than boys enroll in computer classes (Ch. 12)
Low-paid, non-unionized workers as the fastest growing labor market sector (Ch. 13)
Importance of standardizing education funding and teacher training before standardizing tests for students (Ch.16)
The globalization of the world's major religions and the growth of Islam in the United States (Ch.17)

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