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.