Social, Political, and Cultural

Change
 Social Change
Refers to variation or modification in
the patterns of social organization,
of subgroups within a society, or of
the entire society itself.
 Causes of Social Change
• invention – a new combination or a new use of
existing knowledge.
• Discovery-takes place when people recognize
existing elements of the world they had not
noticed before
• Diffusion- refers to spread of culture traits
from one group to another.
Other Causes of Social Change
•Population Growth and Composition
•Social Conflict: War and Conflict
 Political Change
Includes all categories and change in the
direction of open, participatory, and
accountability politics. It is the change that
occurs in the realm of civil and political
societies and in the structure of relations
among civil society, political society, and the
state.
 Types of Political Change
a. Radical Revolution
b. Structural Revision
c. Change of Leaders
d. Change of Policies
 Cultural Change
Refers to all alterations affecting
new traits or trade complexes
and changes in the culture’s
content and structure.
 Causes of Cultural Change
a.Physical Environment
b.Population
c.War and conquest
d.Random events
e.Technology
1.What is your attitude towards
change?
2.If you are an agent of change, what
change will you initiate?
3.How would these changes be
introduced to people?