Social and cultural change : social science for a dynamic world / Jay Weinstein.
| Author/creator |
Weinstein, Jay A., 1942- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2005. |
| Description | xxii, 393 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-384) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004017215 |
| ISBN | 0742525732 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0742525740 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | HM831 .W46 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |