Sex Power Conflict Evolutionary and Feminist Perspectives or Understanding Organizational Culture

Sex, Power, Conflict: Evolutionary and Feminist Perspectives

Author: David M Buss

Sexual harassment in the workplace, date rape, and domestic violence dominate the headlines and have recently sparked scholarly debates about the nature of the sexes. Concurrently, the scientific community is conducting research in topics of sex and gender issues. Indeed, more research is being done on the topics of sexual conflict and coercion than at any other time in the history of the social sciences. Despite this attention, it is clear that these issues are being addressed from two essentially different perspectives: one is labeled "feminist", while the other, viewed as antithetical to the feminist movement, is called "evolutionary psychology", which emphasizes the history of reproductive strategies in understanding conflict between the sexes. This book brings together leading experts from both sides of the debate in order to discover how each could offer insights lacking in the other. The editors' overall goal is to show how the feminist and evolutionary approaches are complementary despite their evident differences, then provide an integration and synthesis. In fact, several of the contributors to this unique volume consider themselves advocates of both approaches. As a stimulating presentation of the dynamics of sex, power, and conflict--and a pioneering rapprochement of the diverse tendencies within the scientific community-- this book will attract a wide audience in both psychology and women's studies fields.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	3
1	Evolutionary Psychology and Marital Conflict	9
2	Power, Harassment, and Trophy Mates: The Feminist Advantages of an Evolutionary Perspective	29
3	Sexual Harassment	54
4	Psychological Adaptation to Sexual Coercion in Victims and Offenders	90
5	Where Are the Gender Differences? Where Are the Gender Similarities?	107
6	Is Rape Sex or Violence? Conceptual Issues and Implications	119
7	Alcohol, Misperception, and Sexual Assault: How and Why Are They Linked?	138
8	The Threat of Rape: Its Psychological Impact on Nonvictimized Women	162
9	Sexual Politics: The Gender Gap in the Bedroom, the Cupboard, and the Cabinet	179
10	Male Aggression Against Women: An Evolutionary Perspective	231
11	The Confluence Model of Sexual Aggression: Feminist and Evolutionary Perspectives	269
12	Sexual Conflict: Evolutionary Insights into Feminism and the "Battle of the Sexes"	296
	Index	319

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Understanding Organizational Culture

Author: Mats Alvesson

The concept of culture is a key issue within management and organization studies. Understanding Organizational Culture provides a useful and comprehensive guide to understanding organizational culture, from a range of angles, contexts and sectors. The book answers questions of definition, explores alternative perspectives, and expands on substantive issues (such as leadership and change), before discussing key issues of research and providing a new framework for this topic. Mats Alvesson synthesizes for students the advances in the field of organizational culture, drawing upon the range of relevant literature within Organization Studies. The author also uses examples to develop and illustrate ideas on how cultural thinking can be used in managerial and non-managerial organizational theory and (theory-supported) practice. Understanding Organizational Culture provides great breadth within a textbook approach - covering a wide spectrum of management and organization while at the same time developing a new theoretical approach to organizational culture. It will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Management and Organization Studies, particularly key for modules in Organizational Behavior, Organizational Theory and on MBA programs. It is also relevant to students and academics in sociology and psychology.

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The author hopes to contribute to a more sensitive and sharper use of the idea of culture in organization and management studies. He argues that culture is best understood as referring to a deep-level, partly non-conscious set of meanings, ideas, and symbolisms. He focuses on both why cultural studies is important to understanding the success of organizations and on how to best study culture by taking in varying perspectives and relating them to each other. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)