In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society (13th Edition)

In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society (13th Edition)

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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I> <B>Viewing our society from a conflict perspective.</B> </I> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">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. <I>In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society</I> studies the forces that lead to stability and change in society and asks: </P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Who benefits from the existing social arrangements, and who does not? </DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">How are human beings shaped by society? </DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">What are the forces that maintain social stability, produce social inequality, and resist social change? <B> </B> </DIV> </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Teaching & Learning Experience</B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience–for you and your students. Here’s how:</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>Improve Critical Thinking </I>— Students are encouraged to critically evaluate social sources of behavior and conflict.</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>Engage Students </I>— The author provides examples of those who have been empowered to achieve positive social change. </DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>Explore Theory </I>— A conflict perspective is used to examine social structures.</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>Understand Diversity</I> — This text examines economic global transformations in the U.S., the struggle to achieve social justice, and the inclusion of race, class, and gender.</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>Support Instructors </I>—  Instructor’s Manual & Test Bank, and PowerPoint presentations are available. </DIV> </LI> </UL> <DIV> </DIV> <P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=left text-align="left"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=left text-align="left"> </P>