In Conflict And Order - Understanding Society (Tenth Edition)

In Conflict And Order - Understanding Society (Tenth Edition)

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.

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)

About the Author:

Thomas Oatley is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.