This award-winning text treats family diversity as the norm, while highlighting how race, class, gender, and sexuality produce varieties of familial relationships.   Diversity in Families looks at families not as “building blocks of societies” but rather, as products of social forces within society. The authors undertake a critical examination of society, asking questions such as, “How do families really work?” and “Who benefits under the existing arrangements, and who does not?” Their goal is to demystify and demythologize the family by exposing existing myths, stereotypes, and dogmas.

Diversity in Families

Eitzen, D. Stanley

Zinn, Maxine B.

Parenting & Relationships

HarperCollins, Publishers

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Harpercollins College Div

<p>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.</p>

In Conflict & Order: Understanding Society

Business & Money

International

Allyn&Bacon

Paperback. Some highlighting. Separate Study Guide included. USA seller. Book is in hands ready to be shipped right to your doorsteps. Only one copy. Own it now. Fast shipping.

In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society

Sociology

Social Problems

Eitzen, Baca Zinn

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