Weinstein, Jay A., 1942-
Social and cultural change : social science for a dynamic world / Jay Weinstein. - 2nd ed. - Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, c2005. - xxii, 393 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-384) 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 Gessellschaft : the urbanization of the human population -- A world divided -- The market, capitalism, and socialism -- Representative government and the modern nation-state -- The paradoxes of development -- Democratic planning and applied sociology -- The political economy of globalization.
0742525732 (alk. paper) 0742525740 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2004017215
Social change.
Progress.
HM831 / .W46 2005
303.4 / WES
Social and cultural change : social science for a dynamic world / Jay Weinstein. - 2nd ed. - Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, c2005. - xxii, 393 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-384) 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 Gessellschaft : the urbanization of the human population -- A world divided -- The market, capitalism, and socialism -- Representative government and the modern nation-state -- The paradoxes of development -- Democratic planning and applied sociology -- The political economy of globalization.
0742525732 (alk. paper) 0742525740 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2004017215
Social change.
Progress.
HM831 / .W46 2005
303.4 / WES