CONFLICT THEORYMAJOR REFERRAL SITES FOR SOCIOLOGY
RESOURCESDemography and Population Studies WWW
Virtual Library
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DemographyPage.html
WWW Virtual Library: Sociology—SOCNET—
Courses, Resources
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SOCIOWEB A Sociology Resource Center
http://www.socioweb.com/~markbl/socioweb/
Research engines for the social sciences
http://tile.net/’’>tile.net
WeacTies (for Sociology of the Internet)
http://www.princeton.edu//~soccomp/
weacties/
SELECTED NONELECTRONIC
PERIODICALS IN SOCIOLOGYSociological Methodology: An Annual Volume
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~socmeth2/
software.html
Social Science Computer Review
http://sagepub.com
The Information Society
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~kling/tis.html
INTERNET MAILING LISTS (LIST SERVERS)
ON SOCIOLOGICAL TOPICSThis list of List Servers, or Listserv discussion
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Newsgroups do not broadcast a message to all
those included on the list. Internet users must
specifically access the postings (messages) for any
such newsgroup. While on any given day, ‘‘sociolo-
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discussions, the only newsgroup where academic
sociological topics are regularly discussed is: alt.sci.so-
ciology. Generally a few messages are added to this
discussion area every day.RONALD E. ANDERSONCONFIDENCE INTERVALS
See Statistical Inference.CONFLICT THEORY
NOTE: Although the following article has not been revised for
this edition of the Encyclopedia, the substantive coverage is
currently appropriate. The editors have provided a list of
recent works at the end of the article to facilitate research and
exploration of the topic.Conflict theory explains social structure and
changes in it by arguing that actors pursue their
interests in conflict with others and according to
their resources for social organization. Conflict
theory builds upon Marxist analysis of class con-
flicts, but it is detached from any ideological com-
mitment to socialism. Max Weber generalized con-
flict to the arenas of power and status as well as
economic class, and this multidimensional approach
has become widespread since the 1950s.