One of the texts I use for my undergraduate course (called "Conflict Resolution" at Merrimack College and "The Sociology of War and Peace" at UMass Lowell) is James A. Schellenberg's _Conflict Resolution: Theory, Research and Practice_ (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1996). The second section of the book engages theories of social conflict. The fourth chapter gives a nice summary of "Social Process Theories" of conflict, including Coser. (The fifth chapter considers social structural theories, including Marx.) In particular, Schellenberg discusses how Coser formalized Simmel's ideas in the form of propositions. For students who may not have taken classes in Sociological Theory, it works without overwhelming.
Richard Hudak Merrimack College & University of Massachusetts Lowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Jun 23, 2006, at 9:26 AM, John Eby wrote: > > I teach a course, Social Conflict, Justice and Peacemaking. For a > theoretical background I used Coser, The Functions of Social > Conflict in the > past. The course also has a section on mediation and conflict > resolution. > > Does anyone have a suggestion of something more current than Coser > which is > relatively short to give a theoretical foundation to how > sociologists look > at conflict? > > John Eby > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
