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.

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Social change.
Progress.

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