Social Change (5th Edition)

About this book

This book is about the age-old concern with social change which is one of the most important challenging and exciting topics in sociology. It is concerned with the questions of how society changes in what direction and by what forces this change occurs. Using exciting real-life case examples this book draws attention to the characteristics processes and perspectives of social change in the United States and cross-culturally. It covers theories patterns spheres duration reactions the impact the costs the strategies and the assessment of social change. Because of its current and timely material this is an excellent reader for social workers counselors and sociologists.