SY207 Quiz: SY207 Test Review
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Intro & the great transformation: karl polanyi used the term "the great transformation" to describe massive social change from. In france it was the french revolution that caused social change in the organizations and structures of society. In germany, hegel identified a cultural change in the norms of society. In england, the industrial revolution changed the way work was conducted: agriculture used to be the main occupation among europeans, using a barter system, the revolution moved from bartering to wages as a form of pay. Social structures consist of social institutions: education, family, religion, government, economics, and health/medicine. In germany, hegel changed the social structure of european society by moving importance from the state to the individual. Models of social theory: consensus vs. conflict. What makes for rapid social change: conflict and potential conflict is at the core of social life, karl marx is a proponent of this model.
