INTRODUCTION

TO
SOCIOLOGY

CAUSES OF
SOCIAL CHANGE

1. Culture and change:

Invention.
Discovery.
Diffusion.

2. Conflict and change:

Conflict in society
produces change.
Marxs theory of social
change.

Karl Marx and

social
change
Class conflict as means to social
change.
Key groups who want to
change/oppose change in the
system.
Relationships of people to the
means of production.

3. Ideas and change:

People with charisma can carry a
message for change.
Ideas could determine eco structure.
Rise of capitalism due to religious
ideas. Rational attitude to the world.
The idea of work ethic. Weber
Ideas direct social movements.

4. Demographic
Change:

Population changes
Growth rate,
Urbanization,
migration, age
structure.

5. Environmental
Changes:
Environmental
degradation

6. Modernization

Process initiated by
industrialization.
Decline of small community.
Expansion of personal choice.
Increasing social diversity.
Future orientation.

INTRODUCTION
TO
SOCIOLOGY