Exploring Social Change: America and the World

ISBN-13: 9781138054752 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 416 str.

Charles L. Harper; Kevin T. Leicht

Opis

For one semester junior/senior and beginning-level graduate courses in Social Change. An introduction to social change that highlights theories on key topics including social change, innovation, social movements, and revolutions. Exploring Social Change: America and the World 7e is a comprehensive introduction to social change. The last part of the book shifts explicitly to the global level to analyze population and environmental issues and globalization. Within this framework, the book discusses topics about change and its problems familiar in sociology and social science.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: By Way of Introduction Chapter 2: The Causes and Patterns of Change Chapter 3: Social Theory and Social Change Chapter 4: American Social Trends Chapter 5: Change in the Settings of Everyday Life: Populations, Families, and Work Chapter 6: Economics, Politics, and the American Prospect Chapter 7: Social Movements Chapter 8: American Reform Movements and Social Change Chapter 9: Revolutions Chapter 10: Technology, Innovation, and Networks Chapter 11: The Emerging Global System: Development and Globalization Chapter 12: Society, Environment, and Change Chapter 14: World Futures

O autorze

Charles L. Harper is an emeritus professor of sociology at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. As a member of the faculty there since 1968, he developed and taught numerous courses in the sociology department. Dr. Harper’s teaching and scholarly interests included the study of social change, globalization, the sociology of religion, social theory, and environmental sociology. He has published papers in a variety of academic journals.

Kevin T. Leicht is professor of sociology and department chair at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research examines the relationship between globalization, economic change, and social inequality in a variety of contexts. His work has appeared in the American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces and the Academy of Management Journal, and he is the former editor of The Sociological Quarterly and Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Currently he serves as president-elect of the Midwest Sociological Society.