4KEY BENEFIT In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society examines society from a conflict perspective, prompting readers to ponder one of the central questions of sociology: Who benefits from the existing customs and social order, and who does not? Via their conflict-centered approach, authors D. Stanley Eitzen, Maxine Baca Zinn, and Kelly Eitzen Smith offer a realistic appraisal of society and lead readers to think critically about existing social arrangements with an eye toward restructuring society along more humane lines. The fourteenth edition offers expanded coverage of contemporary topics, including the changing economy and conflicts over immigration, to reinforce how the issues in today's headlines can be understood through the lens of sociology.

KEY TOPICS The Sociological Perspective; The Duality of Social Life: Order and Conflict; Culture; Socialization; Social Control; Deviance; Social Stratification; Class; Racial Inequality; Gender Inequality; The Economy; Power and Politics; Families; Education; Religion; Structural Sources of Social Change: Economic and Demographic;Human Agency: Individuals and Groups in Society Changing Social Structures

MARKET For readers seeking an overview of sociology that examines society from a conflict perspective