Social ChangePrentice-Hall, 1974 - 132 pages |
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administrative organization Alex Inkeles alterations analysis Auguste Comte basis behavior biological Bronislaw Malinowski Chap characteristics cial common competitive complex consequences contemporary course cultures cycles degree developing areas differences differentiation direction of change distinction dynamic economic effect enduring environment essentially evolutionary example extremely fact formal functions groups growth human ideal individual industrial societies innovation interaction interest internal intrinsic Karl Marx Kingsley Davis kinship labor logistic curve long-term major man's marriage Medieval Technology modernization Moore norms particular persist political population positions possible predict Princeton Princeton University principles probability problems production relations relatively sequence significant simple singular theory small-scale changes social change social evolution social organization social structure social systems Sociological Sorokin source of change specialized survival Talcott Parsons tensions theory tion tive transition trend types University Press values variables various voluntary association Western World Wilbert York