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In: The economic history review, Volume 28, Issue 3, p. 544
ISSN: 1468-0289
In: Population: revue bimestrielle de l'Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques. French edition, Volume 21, Issue 6, p. 1241
ISSN: 0718-6568, 1957-7966
In: Sociological bulletin: journal of the Indian Sociological Society, Volume 2, Issue 2, p. 124-134
ISSN: 2457-0257
In: Sociology Reference Guide
Sociology Reference Guide: The Elements of Social Change -- Contents -- Introduction -- Characteristics of Modernity -- Modernity & -- Progress -- Weber & -- the Rational Society -- Toennies & -- the Loss of Community -- Causes of Social Change -- Modernity & -- the Individual -- Alienation -- Modernity & -- Class Society -- Social Institutions in Postmodern Society -- Progress & -- the Post-Modern Society -- Science & -- Technology in the Postmodern Society -- Cultural Conflict in Postmodern Society -- Postmodernity, Personal Freedom, & -- Social Responsibility.
In: Teaching sociology: TS, Volume 18, Issue 3, p. 411
ISSN: 1939-862X
In: Man: the journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2, Issue 4, p. 647
In: Administrative Science Quarterly, Volume 12, Issue 2, p. 361
In: International migration digest, Volume 3, Issue 1, p. 103
No. 1 preceded by introductory issued dated May 1977. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Merged with: Cultural life in Sweden, Political life in Sweden, Working life in Sweden, and: Human environment in Sweden, to form: Viewpoint Sweden.
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In: Revista española de la opinión pública, Issue 13, p. 478
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Volume 37, Issue 4, p. 469
ISSN: 1715-3379
In: Peace review: the international quarterly of world peace, Volume 6, Issue 4, p. 487-495
ISSN: 1040-2659
Analyzes the ambivalence of most social scientists, who are more comfortable in analyzing & interpreting problems than in taking actions to solve them. Academic conferences & study, the media, the family, mainstream religion, & the state discourage people from acting. The university as an institution inspires decontextualization & intellectualization. The ambivalence of most social scientists about social change is due to the risk of making things worse & the socialization of consumerism. Activism is a way of testing the self, of opening to new discoveries of unknown strengths, vulnerabilities, virtures, & weaknesses. 2 References. L. Nguyen
In: Social movements, protest, and contention v. 37
The theory and practice of social movements come together in strategy-whether, why, and how people can realize their visions of another world by acting together. Strategies for Social Change offers a concise definition of strategy and a framework for differentiating between strategies. Specific chapters address microlevel decision-making processes and creativity, coalition building in Northern Ireland, nonviolent strategies for challenging repressive regimes, identity politics, GLBT rights, the Christian right in Canada and the United States, land struggles in Brazil and India, movement-media