Weinstein, Jay A.

Social change Jay Weinstein. - 3rd ed. - Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers c2010. - xxv, 431 p. ill., map 26 cm.

Prev. ed. published under title: Social and cultural change.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-421) and index.

The social scientific perspective -- Social and cultural evolution -- Population growth and demographic transition -- The heritage and dynamics of culture -- Social structures, systems, and processes -- Social movements : concepts and principles -- Movements and revolutions in context -- The process of technological innovation -- From Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft : the urbanization of the human population -- A world divided -- The market, capitalism, and socialism -- The paradoxes of development -- Democratic planning and applied sociology -- The political economy of globalization.

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