International Political Economy

by Oatley, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780205060634
• ISBN10: 0205060633
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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. 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? Eitzen and Baca Zinn challenge you to question your own taken-for-granted assumptions about society, look for the structural causes of social conditions, and ask how society can be restructured along more humane lines.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Preface

The Sociological Approach

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

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

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

The Individual In Society: Society In The Individual

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

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

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

Deviance

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