Section 1:Explaining Social Change

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Social Change and Modernization
Section 1 Explaining Social Change Section
2 Modernization
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SECTION 1
Explaining Social Change
Question What are the four theories of social
change?
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SECTION 1
Explaining Social Change
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SECTION 2
Modernization
Question What are the positive and negative
consequences of modernization on social life?
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SECTION 2
Modernization
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Chapter Wrap-Up
1. According to Pitirim Sorokin, how do
ideational and sensate cultures differ? 2. What
are the major features of the evolutionary theory
of social change? 3. Briefly describe the
equilibrium theory of social change. Why does
this theory appeal to some sociologists? 4. Why
do conflict theorists view social change as
inevitable? 5. Why did modernization theory have
a strong following in the 1950s and
1960s? 6. What moral and ethical issues does
modern technology pose?