2025年2月10日 · Social change, the alteration of mechanisms within the social structure, characterized by changes in cultural symbols, rules of behavior, social organizations, or value …

2024年12月16日 · Theories of social change, both old and new, commonly assume that the course of social change is not arbitrary but is, to a certain degree, regular or patterned. The …

2025年2月10日 · Several theories of social evolution identify technological innovations as the most important determinants of societal change. Such technological breakthroughs as the …

2025年2月10日 · A more general and theoretical way of explaining social change is to construct a model of recurring mechanisms of social change. Such mechanisms, incorporated in different …

2025年2月11日 · Social movement, a loosely organized but sustained campaign in support of a social goal, typically either the implementation or the prevention of a change in society’s …

2025年2月10日 · Social change - Revolution, Reform, Progress: The causes of social change are diverse, and the processes of change can be identified as either short-term trends or long-term …

William Fielding Ogburn was an American sociologist known for his application of statistical methods to the problems of the social sciences and for his introduction of the idea of “cultural …

The U.S. sociologist Herbert Blumer determined a desire for social change in collective behaviour, as expressed in his definition: “a collective enterprise to establish a new order of life.” This …

The notion that history conforms to a “ dialectical” pattern, according to which contradictions generated at one level are overcome or transcended at the next, was incorporated—though in …

Social change. A final set of theories stresses characteristics of social organization that generate collective behaviour. Collective behaviour is commonly seen by sociologists as a normal …