本書系統(tǒng)地介紹了有關社會變遷的主要理論觀點，清晰、準確地分析了社會變遷的原由、發(fā)展、模式及其對社會的影響，考察了在多元文化背景下促進或妨礙社會變遷的諸多因素，對促成變遷的方法及其評估方式進行了詳細描述，同時對社會變遷中的重大現(xiàn)實問題，如國際恐怖組織、伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭等進行了深入的探討和分析。
本書廣泛借鑒了人類學、社會心理學、經(jīng)濟學、政治科學和歷史學等領域的有關理論，進一步拓展了研究的深度與廣度。
新版廣泛參考了采用此書的教師和學生的建議，在保持原結(jié)構(gòu)體系不變的前提下進行了內(nèi)容的充實與修訂，關鍵思想有了新的深入。
Preface
1 Introduction: Dimensions and Sources of Change
The Organization of the Book
The Nature of Social Change
Conceptualizations of Social Change
Sources of Change
Technology
Ideology
Competition
Conflict
Polity
The Economy
Globalization
Structural Strains
Summary
Suggested Further Readings
References
2 Theories of Change
Evolutionary Theories
Conflict Theories
Structural-Functional Theories
Social-Psychological Theories
Summary
Contents
Suggested Further Readings
References
3 Patterns of Change
Evolution
Diffusion
Acculturation
Revolution
Modernization
Industrialization
Urbanization
Bureaucratization
Summary
Suggested Further Readings
References
4 Spheres of Change
The Family
Population
Stratification
Power Relations
Education
The Economy
Summary
Suggested Further Readings
References
5 Duration of Change
Duration of Change from a Historical Perspective
Transitory Social Changes
Fads and Fashions
Lifestyles
Cults
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6 Reactions to Change
7 Impact of Change
8 Costs of Change
9 Strategies of Change
10 Assessment of Change
Index
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