Exploring Social Change
Process and Context
1st Edition
Published on 24. October 2014
256 pages
978-1-350-31425-2 (ISBN)
Description
A critical introduction to the key processes and contexts of social change in contemporary society, combining a thorough grounding of key theorists with hot topics such the media, the environment and new technologies - ideal for students across the social sciences.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-350-31425-2 (9781350314252)
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Book
10/2014
Red Globe Press
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Person
Bridgette Wessels is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Director of the Centre of Interdisciplinary Research in Socio-digital Worlds at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her research and writing focuses on social change and the innovation and use of digital services in everyday life.
Content
1. Introduction
2. Exploring Social Change
3. Key Periods of Change
4. Exploring Dimensions of Change
5. Everyday Life and Social Change
6. Work, Production and Social Change
7. Social Change and Consumerism
8. The Creative and Cultural Industries
9. Changes in Communication
10. Difference, Diversity and Contesting Power
11. Conclusion.
2. Exploring Social Change
3. Key Periods of Change
4. Exploring Dimensions of Change
5. Everyday Life and Social Change
6. Work, Production and Social Change
7. Social Change and Consumerism
8. The Creative and Cultural Industries
9. Changes in Communication
10. Difference, Diversity and Contesting Power
11. Conclusion.
