In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society - Softcover

Eitzen, D. Stanley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205299423 ISBN 13: 9780205299423

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 1999

Synopsis

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 perspective. 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; government surveillance and the history of government repression of dissent, both before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; the option of marking more than one race on the 2000 U.S. Census; United States companies outsourcing work to other countries where labor and production are less expensive; corporate malfeasance and other ethical breaches on the part of corporations; gender gaps in technology and why fewer high school girls than boys enroll in computer classes; low-paid, non-unionized workers as the fastest growing labor market sector; the importance of standardizing education funding and teacher training before standardizing tests for students; and the globalization of the world's major religions and the growth of Islam in the United States.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

One of the most persistent questions of sociologists is, "Who benefits from the existing social customs and social order and who does not?" Because social groups are created by people, such groups are not sacred. The authors are pioneers of incorporating race, class, and gender issues throughout the book. Based on the assumption of an inherent duality in American society, this book is a study of the forces that lead to both stability and change and sheds existing myths and ideologies by questioning all social arrangements. Topics include: origins of sociology, the importance of observation, sexuality, intersection of class, race, and gender, and more. Designed for aspiring sociologists or anyone seeking to understand themselves, others, and society.

About the Author:

D. Stanley Eitzen (Ph.D. University of Kansas) is professor emeritus in sociology from Colorado State University, where previously he was the John N. Stern Distinguished Professor.  Among his books are Social Problems (with Maxine Baca Zinn and Kelly Eitzen Smith)and Diversity in Families (with Maxine Baca Zinn and Barbara Wells), both of which received McGuffey Awards from the Text and Academic Authors Association for excellence and longevity over multiple editions. He is also the author and co-author of four Solutions to Social Problems volumes with Allyn & Bacon; Paths to Homelessness: Extreme Poverty and the Urban Housing Crisis (with Doug A. Timmer and Kathryn Talley); Sociology of North American Sport (with George H. Sage); and Fair and Foul: Rethinking the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport.  He has served as the president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and as editor of The Social Science Journal.

 

Maxine Baca Zinn (Ph.D. University of Oregon) is Professor Emeritus in sociology at Michigan State University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. Her main research interests are racial inequality, gender, and family life. She is the author and co-author of many other books, including Diversity in Families (with D. Stanley Eitzen and Barbara Wells),Social Problems (with D. Stanley Eitzen and Kelly Eitzen Smith), Women of Color in U.S. Society, Gender Through the Prism of Difference, and Globalization: The Transformation of Social Worlds. In 2000, she received the ASA Jessie Bernard Career Award.

 

Kelly Eitzen Smith received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Arizona.  She is currently the director of the Center for Applied Sociology and a lecturer at the University of Arizona.  At the Center for Applied Sociology she has conducted research in the areas of day labor, homelessness, poverty, urban housing and neighborhood development. Her sociological interests include gender, family, sexuality, stratification, and social problems.  She is also the co-author of Experiencing Poverty (with D.Stanley Eitzen), andSocial Problems (with D. Stanley Eitzen and Maxine Baca Zinn).

About this edition

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0205299423
• ISBN 13: 9780205299423
• Binding: Paperback