Social Change

by Tim Jordan (Editor), Steve Pile

This textbook introduces debates about the nature and meaning of social change, offering a new way of thinking about the processes of change, and reconsidering the roles played by time and space.

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360 pages, Paperback

First published May 23, 2003

About the author

Tim Jordan is a professor at the University of Sussex, where he is also Head of School at the School of Media, Film and Music. Prior to that, he was working at King's College London in culture, media and creative industries and digital humanities departments, and has previously worked as the head of the sociology department at the Open University. He has published his work on hacking and online cultures. He was co-founder of the journal Social Movement Studies.