SOCIO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Multilinear Map, New Age, Social Change
18 Sep 2020
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Social change is the significant alterations over time in behavior patterns and culture, including norms and values: may include changes in nature, social structure, social institutions, etc. Equilibrium theorists view societies as seeking to attain stability/balance: as changes are made in one part of society, adjustments must be made in other parts to maintain stability (parsons, differentiation, adaptive upgrades, inclusion, and value generalization. Change begins when the meaning or definition of the situation becomes problematic. For example: slavery, immigration, temperance, suffrage, civil rights. Prior to wwii, tended to examine social change that had already occurred and developed theories to explain these theories. After wwii, also began to use theories of past social change to think about purposive (on purpose) social change. Alternative- limited goals aimed toward specific segments of a society"s population: planned parenthood, american"s with disabilities act, american association of.
