Ways of Social Change: Making Sense of Modern Times

Neuausgabe 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4129-7987-0
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

This text is accessible and informative, acquainting students in the narratives of contemporary social change and teaching the critical thinking skills needed to make sense of the changing world of the 21st century. The question of the book is not: why does social change happen? Rather, it examines five forces that are, and will continue to be, major drivers of social change: science and technology, social movements, corporate power, government actions, and war.

The author unpacks key recent events in history, such as the election of Barak Obama and the uprisings in Egypt that forced President Hosni Mubarak to step down. Not since the 1960s has there been such a time when students wanted and needed to understand social change. This text takes this desire for social change into the realm of social science where clarification, understanding, inquiry and involvement can help provide for both informed opinions and a path to effective engagement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Massey, Garth

Massey, Garth M. (Morgan)

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. The Personal Experience of Social Change
Chapter 2. Recognizing Social Change
Chapter 3. Understanding and Explaining Social Change
Chapter 4. Technology, Science, and Innovation
Chapter 5. Social Movements
Chapter 6. War, Revolution, and Social Change
Chapter 7. Corporations in the Modern Era
Chapter 8. States and Social Change
Chapter 9. Making Social Change

Über Autor(innen)

Massey, Garth M. (Morgan)
Garth Massey (PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington) is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wyoming where he was Director of International Studies (1998-2008) and a faculty member in Sociology (1974-2008). He has been a visiting professor at the University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (1979-80), the University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia (1986-88), the University of Gödöllö, Hungary (1993-4), Flinders University, Australia (2002), Truman Institute, Israel (2003), and taught in London (1998). His research has been published in the American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, and The American Sociological Review. In addition to Ways of Social Change, he authored Subsistence and Change: Lessons of Agropastoralism in Somalia (Westview) and edits Readings for Sociology (W.W.Norton). He currently lives in Portland, Oregon, writing and working on Indian voting rights.