In Conflict and Order : Understanding Society
ISBN: 9780205625130 | 0205625134
Edition: 12thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2010
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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.
| Brief Table Of Contents | |
| The Sociological Approach | |
| The Sociological Perspective | |
| The Structure of Social Groups | |
| The Duality of Social Life: Order and Conflict | |
| The Individual In Society: Society In The Individual | |
| Culture | |
| Socialization | |
| Social Control | |
| Deviance | |
| The Study Of Societ... MORE | |
| Structural Sources of Societal Change: Economic and Demographic | |
| Social Stratification | |
| Class | |
| Racial Inequality | |
| Gender Inequality | |
| Social Institutions | |
| The Economy | |
| Power and Politics | |
| Families | |
| Education | |
| Religion | |
| Human Agency | |
| Human Agency: Individuals and Groups in Society Changing Social Structures | |
| Comprehensive Table Of Contents | |
| Preface | |
| About the Authors | |
| The Sociological Approach | |
| The Sociological Perspective | |
| Sociology | |
| Assumptions of the Sociological Perspective | |
| The Sociological Imagination | |
| Problems with the Sociological Perspective | |
| The Historical Development of Sociology | |
| Sociological Methods: The Craft of Sociology | |
| The Structure of Social Groups | |
| The Micro Level | |
| The Societal or Macro Level | |
| The Duality of Social Life: Order and Conflict | |
| Social Systems: Order and Conflict | |
| Synthesis of the Order and Conflict Models | |
| The Individual In Society: Society In The Individual | |
| Culture | |
| Culture: The Knowledge That People Share | |
| The Globalization of Culture? | |
| Values from the Order and Conflict Perspectives | |
| Socialization | |
| The Personality as a Social Product | |
| Socialization in a Changing Social Landscape | |
| Social Control | |
| Agents of Ideological Social Control | |
| Agents of Direct Social Control | |
| Deviance | |
| The Characteristics of Deviance | |
| Society as the Source of Deviance | |
| Deviance from the Order and Conflict Perspectives | |
| The Study Of Society | |
| Structural Sources of Societal Change: Economic and Demographic | |
| Globalization and the Structural Transformation of the Economy | |
| The New Immigration and the Changing Racial Landscape | |
| The Aging Society | |
| Social Stratification | |
| Major Concepts | |
| Theories of Stratification | |
| Deficiency Theories | |
| Structural Theories | |
| Class | |
| Dimensions of Inequality | |
| Social Classes | |
| The Consequences of Social Class Positions | |
| Social Mobility | |
| Poverty in the United States | |
| Myths about Poverty | |
| Racial Inequality | |
| Racial and Ethnic Minorities | |
| Explanations of Racial and Ethnic Inequality | |
| Racial Stratification from the Order and Conflict Perspectives | |
| Discrimination against Blacks and Hispanics: Continuity and Change | |
| Contemporary Trends and Issues in U.S. Racial and Ethnic Relations | |
| Gender Inequality | |
| Women and Men Are Differentiated and Ranked | |
| Gender Stratification from the Order and Conflict Perspectives | |
| Learning Gender | |
| Reinforcing Male Dominance | |
| Structured Gender Inequality | |
| The Costs and Consequences of Sexism | |
| Fighting the System | |
| Social Institutions | |
| The Economy | |
| Capitalism and Socialism | |
| The Corporation-Dominated Economy | |
| Capitalism and Inequality | |
| Work in U.S. Society | |
| Capitalism in Crisis | |
| Power and Politics | |
| Models of the National Power Structure | |
| The Consequences of Concentrated Power | |
| The Order and Conflict Perspectives on the Distribution of Power | |
| Families | |
| The Mythical Family in the United States | |
| Families in Contemporary U.S. Society | |
| Globalization: Families in Global Perspective | |
| Changes in Marriage and Family Roles | |
| Violence in Families | |
| The Modern Family from the Order and Conflict Perspectives | |
| Families of the Future | |
| Education | |
| The Characteristics of U.S. Education | |
| Education and Inequality | |
| Education from the Order and Conflict Perspectives | |
| Religion | |
| Classical Sociology's Differing Interpretations of Religion | |
| Some Distinctive Features of U.S. Religion | |
| Class, Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion | |
| Religious Trends | |
| Contemporary Christianity and Politics | |
| Religion from the Order and Conflict Perspectives | |
| Human Agency | |
| Human Agency: Individuals and Groups in Society Changing Social Structures | |
| The Sociological Paradox: Social Structure and Agency | |
| Social Movements | |
| Agency: Social Change from the Bottom Up | |
| Conclusion | |
| Glossary | |
| References | |
| Name Index | |
| Subject Index | |
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