1. Social Change and the Environment
Chapter 15
Social Change and the Environment

2. How Social Change Transforms Social Life
Four Social Revolutions
From Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft
The Industrial Revolution and Capitalism
Max Weber traced capitalism to the Protestant Reformation
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3. How Social Change Transforms Social Life
Conflict, Power, and Global Politics
A Brief History of Geopolitics
G-7 Plus
Dividing up the World
Two Threats to Coalition
Africa Connections
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6. Theories and Processes of Social Change
Evolution from Lower to Higher
Unilinear
Multilinear
Cultural Progress
Natural Cycles
Conflict Over Power
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7. Theories and Processes of Social Change
Ogburn’s Theory
Invention
Discovery
Diffusion
Cultural Lag
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8. Marx’s Model of Historical Change
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10. How Technology Changes Society
Technology is Tools & Skills
All human groups make and use technology
Change is rapid
New technologies allow us to do what has never been done before
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11. Computers and Social Interaction
Changes in Social Relationships
Privacy and the Computer
Computers in Education
Computers in Business and Finance
Computers in International Conflict
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12. Concerns About the Computer
Big Brother and Privacy
Cyberspace and Social Inequality
Access to Libraries of Information
World Linked by Almost Instantaneous Communication
National and Global Stratification Represents a Digital Divide
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13. Social Movements as a Source of Social Change
Proactive social movement
Reactive social movement
Social movement organizations
Types of Social Movements
Propaganda and the Mass Media
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15. The Stages of Social Movements
Initial unrest and agitation
Resource mobilization
Organization
Institutionalization
Decline and death
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16. The Growth Machine vs. The Earth
The Globalization of Capitalism and the Race for Economic Growth
A Sustainable Environment
Environmental Problems in the Most Industrialized Nations
Toxic Wastes
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17. The Worst Hazardous Waste Sites
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18. The Growth Machine vs. The Earth
Fossil Fuels and Global Warming
Acid Rain
Greenhouse Effect
Global Warming
The Energy Shortage and Internal Combustion Engines
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20. The Growth Machine vs. The Earth
The Rain Forests
The Environmental Movement
Environmental Sociology
Technology and the Environment: The Goal of Harmony
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