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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.

This text is written for those who are impassioned and driven by social justice issues in their communities and seek practical solutions to successfully address them. Leonard A. Jason, a leading community psychologist, demonstrates how social change can be accomplished and fostered by observing five key principles

How does social change influence selfhood? What are the fundamental positions in social theories of the self? This accessible and assured book offers readers a new take on the central question of the relation between the individual and society. It offers a thorough, informed and critical guide to the field. It demonstrates how global economic and employment structures, neoliberal discourse, the role of emotion, irrationality and ambiguity are factors that impact upon the shape and resilience of the self. Anyone interested in the question of identity and its relation to cultural, social, econom

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.

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