Exploring Social Change

by Charles L. Harper

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2nd

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ISBN10:

0132929627

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Hardcover

Pub. Date:

1/1/1993

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Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference

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Preface
By Way of Introduction	p. 1
Social Change In American Society
American Trends and the Setting of Everyday Life	p. 12
Economics, Politics, and the American Prospect	p. 38
Explaining Change
Theories about the Causes and Patterns of Change	p. 63
Contemporary Sociological Theory and Change	p. 89
Processes of Social Change
Innovations and How They Spread	p. 113
Social Movements	p. 139
American Reform Movements and Social Change	p. 161
Revolutions	p. 185
Creating Change	p. 211
Global Change
Global Development As Modernization	p. 237
The World System and Development Policy	p. 253
Society, Environment, and Change	p. 274
World Futures	p. 302
Epilogue: Living In a Rapidly Changing World	p. 327
References	p. 331
Indexes	p. 361
Name Index	p. 361
Subject Index	p. 366
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