The Sociology of Social Change

by Piotr Sztompka

The sociology of social change has always been the product of times of flux, and the unmatched dynamism of our period is already reflected in the revitalization of theories of change. Piotr Sztompka's aim in this volume is to take stock of and to reappraise the whole legacy of sociological thinking about change, from the classical to the contemporary, providing the intellectual tools necessary for a critical and rational grasp of our own turbulent times.
Intended primarily as an advanced textbook for upper-division and graduate students, as well as researchers, this book covers the four grand visions of social and historical change which have dominated the field since the 19th the evolutionary, the cyclical, the dialectical, and the post-developmentalist. In so doing, it provides indispensable analytic discussions of the concepts focal to contemporary debates such as social process, development, progress, social time, historical tradition, modernity, post-modernity , and globalization.

Genres: Sociology, Nonfiction

368 pages, Paperback

First published December 8, 1993

Reviews

[Fajar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buku yang menarik. Perspektifnya sangat jernih dalam menggambarkan tahap-tahap perubahan sosial.. Sangat direkomendasikan untuk dirujuk

[Reza Putra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lengkap; oleh karenanya mudah dimengerti.

[August A.P. · Rating 4 out of 5]

really helpful for me and became my reference for... you know.
But I think I have to add more and more -.-

[Novrizal Rizaldi · Rating 5 out of 5]

good book

[Kahfi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buku ini dengan sangat apik memberikan penjelasan mengenai teori-teori masyhur yang berhubungan dengan gerakan sosial. Untuk pemula seperti saya, adanya buku ini sangat membangun sekali.

[Devi susana]

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