This document discusses social change from a sociological perspective. It defines social change as a change in social structure, patterns of social interaction, or social values/conduct. It notes that social change is universal, continuous, inevitable, and multi-causal. The document outlines different types of social change, characteristics of social change, factors that can cause social change like demographic, cultural, technological and environmental factors, and discusses the necessity of social change in a rapidly changing world.
This presentation explains the difference between society and community. It is basic difference often asked in sociology. People often get confused and use society and community word interchangeably but there is a difference between these words which is well explained in the slides.
Social mobility mean any transition of an individual from one position to another in a constellation of social group and strata (Sorokin).
Social mobility is the movement of a person from one social group to another social group (Headrick).
Social mobility means movement from one social class to another involving the consolidating of the various elements of the new social position, including occupation, income, type of house, neighbourhood, new friends, and new organisational membership (Havighurst and Neugarten)
. Types of Social Mobility
Horizontal Social Mobility-position of the person changes, but its salary, prestige, grade and other privileges remain the same.
Vertical Social Mobility-means achieving lower to higher , higher to lower social status and prestige
Horizontal Social Mobility
Occupational Mobility
Interreligious Mobility
Inter-group Mobility
Family Mobility
Territorial Mobility
Party Mobility
International Mobility
Vertical Social Mobility
Ascending Social Mobility
Descending Social Mobility
Generally ascending and descending social mobility is seen in economic, political and occupational field.
Factors Influencing Social Mobility
Administrative set up ( democratic set up)
Aspirational level
Demographic structure ( migration of people)
Industrial automation ( unemployment as well as creation of more job opportunities)
Development of education
Economic success
Occupational improvement
Structure of society-( open/ closed)
Merits of Social Mobility
Wholesome development of individual
Development of social efficiency and social progress
Remedy of maladjustment
Higher position of deserving persons
Progress of society towards stability
Promotion of national solidarity
Development of welfare and happiness
Demerits of Social Mobility
Constant discontent of individual with social order
Disorder in rural and urban societies
Development of pride and snobbery in individuals
Education and Social Mobility
Social Mobility of Students
Amount of Education
Educational Curriculum ( Arts/ Science)
Academic Achievement ( higher achievement, research work ,etc.)
Importance of educational institution
Social Mobility of Teachers ( professional development)
Define the concept social change
Theories of social change
Discuss the characteristics of social change
Discuss the following sources of social change
Cultural innovation
This presentation explains the difference between society and community. It is basic difference often asked in sociology. People often get confused and use society and community word interchangeably but there is a difference between these words which is well explained in the slides.
Social mobility mean any transition of an individual from one position to another in a constellation of social group and strata (Sorokin).
Social mobility is the movement of a person from one social group to another social group (Headrick).
Social mobility means movement from one social class to another involving the consolidating of the various elements of the new social position, including occupation, income, type of house, neighbourhood, new friends, and new organisational membership (Havighurst and Neugarten)
. Types of Social Mobility
Horizontal Social Mobility-position of the person changes, but its salary, prestige, grade and other privileges remain the same.
Vertical Social Mobility-means achieving lower to higher , higher to lower social status and prestige
Horizontal Social Mobility
Occupational Mobility
Interreligious Mobility
Inter-group Mobility
Family Mobility
Territorial Mobility
Party Mobility
International Mobility
Vertical Social Mobility
Ascending Social Mobility
Descending Social Mobility
Generally ascending and descending social mobility is seen in economic, political and occupational field.
Factors Influencing Social Mobility
Administrative set up ( democratic set up)
Aspirational level
Demographic structure ( migration of people)
Industrial automation ( unemployment as well as creation of more job opportunities)
Development of education
Economic success
Occupational improvement
Structure of society-( open/ closed)
Merits of Social Mobility
Wholesome development of individual
Development of social efficiency and social progress
Remedy of maladjustment
Higher position of deserving persons
Progress of society towards stability
Promotion of national solidarity
Development of welfare and happiness
Demerits of Social Mobility
Constant discontent of individual with social order
Disorder in rural and urban societies
Development of pride and snobbery in individuals
Education and Social Mobility
Social Mobility of Students
Amount of Education
Educational Curriculum ( Arts/ Science)
Academic Achievement ( higher achievement, research work ,etc.)
Importance of educational institution
Social Mobility of Teachers ( professional development)
Define the concept social change
Theories of social change
Discuss the characteristics of social change
Discuss the following sources of social change
Cultural innovation
Social change is an alteration in the social order of a society. Social change may include changes in nature, social institutions, social behaviours, or social relations.
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2. Social change is a concept in sociology which talks about a change
in the established patterns of social relations, or change in social
values or change in structures and subsystems operating in the
society. The term social change is used to indicate the changes that
take place in human interactions and interrelations.
Auguste Comte the father of Sociology has posed two problems-
the question of social statics and the question of social dynamics,
what is and how it changes. The sociologists not only outline the
structure of the society but also seek to know its causes also.
According to Morris Ginsberg social change is a change in the
social structure.
3. Definition of Social Change
Social change may be defined as the process which is discernible in
the alteration of the structure and functioning of a particular social
system. It is a term used to describe variation in, modifications of,
any aspect of social processes, social patterns, and social interaction
within a social organisation.
Usually social change refers to a significant change in social
behaviour or a change in social system rather than minor changes
within a small group.
4. change refers to any modifications in the
“Social
patterns of inter-human relationship and standard of
Lundberg,
established
conduct.”
Morris Ginsberg, “By social change, I understand a change in social
structure, e.g., the size of the society, the composition or the balance of
its parts or the type of its organization”.
Gillin and Gillin, “Social changes are variations from the accepted
modes of life; whether due to alternation in geographical conditions, in
cultural equipment, composition of the population or ideologies and
brought about by diffusion, or inventions within the group.
5. It has been understood that social change as a term shall signify
such changes as affect the nature and structure of social groups
and institutions and the social relations between the individual,
the group and the institutions in a society.
‘Development’, ‘evolution’ and ‘progress’ are the different
modes of change and whenever we speak of social change the
importance of each of these modes has to be assessed, for the
changes brought about by each of these processes will have
distinct impressions upon the functioning’s of social
phenomena.
6. Social change can originate from either within a society, or
from outside of a society.
Internal sources of social change are those factors that
originate within a specific society that singly or in
combination with other factors produce alterations in social
institutions and social structure.
External sources of social change are events that originate
outside of a society to bring about change to social
institutions or structures
7. Characteristics of Social Change:
(1)Change is Social
(2)Universal
(3)Continuous
(4)Inevitable
(5)Temporal
(6)Degree or rate of change is not uniform
(7)Social Change may be planned or unplanned
(8)Social change is multi-causal
(9)Social change creates chain-reactions
(10)Prediction is uncertain
8. (1) Change is Social: Social change means a change in the system of
social relationship. Social relationship is understood in terms of social
process, social interactions and social organizations. In any variation of
social process, social interactions and social organizations social
change-takes place. In another instance it is found that society is like an
organization, which never dies. New civilizations and societies come up
by replacing old societies and thereby retaining some of its elements in
its change. Thus social change is different from individual change. Its
cause and consequences are always social which make it social.
9. (2)Universal: Social change is universal. Because it is present in all
societies and at all times. No society remains completely static. The
society may be primitive or modern, rural or urban, simple or
complex, agrarian or industrial, it is constantly undergoing change.
The rate or the degree of change may vary from society to society
from time to time but every society keeps on changing. A changeless
society is an unreality.
(3)Continuous: Social change is a continuous process but not an
intermittent process. Because the changes are neither stopped nor the
societies are kept in museum to save them from change. It is an on-
going process without any break. In the process of change every
society grows and decays, where it finds renewal and accommodates
itself to various changing conditions. The sources, direction, rate and
forms of change may vary time to time but it is always continuous.
10. (4)Inevitable: Change is inevitable. It is the human nature that desires
change and also it is his tendency to bring change and to oppose or
accept change. Human wants are unlimited which always keep on
changing. To satisfy these wants social change has become a necessity
not only to him but also to the society.
(5)Temporal: Social change is temporal. Change in anything or any
object or in a situation takes place through time. Sometimes some social
changes may bring about immediate results while some others may take
years to produce results. Similarly, some social changes spread rapidly
and also disappear rapidly. Movements, style, fashion and cults are the
examples of this type
11. (6) Degree or rate of change is not uniform: Though social
change is an ever-present phenomenon, its degree or rate or what
we call the speed is not uniform. It varies from society to society
and even in the same society from time to time. Sometimes the
degree of change is high and sometimes low depending upon the
nature of society like open and close, rural and urban and
traditional and modern etc. For example, in the rural social
structure the rate of change is slower because the rate of change is
not governed by any universal law, whereas it is quick in the urban
societies.
12. (7) Social Change may be planned or unplanned: Social change takes
place sometimes with planning and sometimes without planning. Social
change which occurs in the natural course is called the unplanned
change. The unplanned changes are spontaneous, accidental or the
product of sudden decision. Usually the change resulting from natural
calamities like flood; drought, famines, volcanic eruption, etc. are the
instances of unplanned changes. Here in this unplanned change there is
no control on the degree and direction of social change. It is the inborn
tendency of human beings that they desire change.
So sometimes plans, programmes and projects are made effective by
them to bring change in the society. This is called planned change. As it
is consciously and deliberately made, there is every possibility to have
control on the speed and direction of change. For example, the five years
plan made by the government.
13. (8)Social change is multi-causal: A single factor may cause a
particular change but it is always associated with a number of factors.
The physical, biological, demographical, cultural, technological and
many other factors interact to generate change. This is due to mutual
interdependence of social phenomenon.
(9)Social change creates chain-reactions: Social change produces not
a single reaction but chain-reactions as all the parts of the society are
inter-related and interdependent. For example, the economic
independence of women has brought changes not only in their status but
also a series of changes in home, family relationship and marriages etc.
14. (10) Prediction is uncertain: We can see some elements for
prediction in social change. But the prediction we make is uncertain. It
is because of three reasons. They are:
(a) There is no inherent law of social change, (b) The forces of social
change may not remain on the scene for all times to come, and (c) The
process of social change does not remain uniform.
Apart from the above characteristic features it may be said that social
change can be qualitative or quantitative. It is a value free term as it
does imply any sense of good or bad, desirable or undesirable. It is a
concept distinct from evolution, process and development which are
regarded as key concepts in the literature of social change.
15. Types of social change:
According to cultural anthropologist David F. Aberle, the four types
of social change include:
Alternative
Redemptive
Reformative and
Revolutionary
These different movements are distinguished by how much change
they advocate and whether they target individuals or the entirety of a
society.
16. Alternative social change operates at the individual level and seeks
to change minor aspects of behaviour. Campaigns against texting
and driving are an example of alternative social change in the sense
that they advocate a small change in behaviour and advocate this
change on a fairly small scale.
Redemptive social change functions on the individual level but
advocates a dramatic change within the individual. The spread of
religion is an example of redemptive social change. Recovery
programs like Alcoholics Anonymous are also examples of
redemptive social change as they advocate dramatic personal change
for a specific portion of the population.
17. Reformative social change seeks to enact a specific change on a
broad scale. The movement to obtain marriage rights for same-
sex couples is an example of reformative social change. This
movement seeks a very specific set of changes but desires these
changes on a wide scale.
Revolutionary social change indicates dramatic change on a
large scale. Revolutionary movements seek to fundamentally
restructure society. Examples of revolutionary social change
include the American Civil Rights Movement and the Russian
Revolution of the early-20th century.
18. Main factors of Social Change:
Demographic Factors
Biological Factors
Cultural Factors
Technological Factors
Environmental factors
Psychological factors
Other factors
19. Demographic Factors: Demography plays an important role in the
process of social change. The term “demography” has been derived from
two Greek words, ‘Demos’ and ‘Graphs’ meaning the “people” and to
“draw” or “write” respectively which means scientific study of human
population, primarily with respect to their size, structure and their
development. In the study of social change demographic factors have
been viewed from two different angles. They are the qualitative and
quantitative.
Qualitatively speaking it refers to physical potentialities, mental abilities
etc. that are determined by genetic order, though the hereditary quality of
successive generation play some role in cultural determination, it cannot
be ascribed the place of a deterministic cause of social change. But the
demographic factor in its quantitative aspect has been playing the most
decisive role in causing social change.
20. Biological Factors: Accordingly biological factor plays an important role in
the causation of social change. An ordinarily biological factor refers to those
which are concerned with the genetic constitution of the human beings.
Human beings use animals, birds, plants and herbs according to the direction
of his own culture. At the same time human beings protect themselves from
different harmful elements. If there is increase or decrease of these animals,
birds, plants etc. it will bring a number of changes in human society.
Rapid population growth influences our environment causes poverty, food
shortage and multiple health problems and thereby brings changes in society.
Migration accelerates the process of urbanization. Urbanization creates
multiple problems like slum, quality of health and life style. Similarly the
nature and quality of human beings in a society influences the rate of social
change.
21. Cultural Factors: In sociology the word ‘Culture’ denotes acquired
behavior which are shared by and transmitted among the members of the
society. Man learns his behavior and behavior which is learnt is called
culture. Singing, dancing, eating, playing belong to the category of
culture. It includes all that man has acquired in the mental and
intellectual sphere of his individual and social life. It is the expression of
our nature, in our modes of living and thinking, in art, in literature, in
recreation and enjoyment.
The basic elements of culture like language, religion, philosophy,
literature, faith and values will take long time to change due to the
influence of another culture. The co-existence of two different cultures
for a long period can cause cultural diffusion leading to changes in
both. India, for example, discarded age long customs like Sati and Child
marriage because of her contact with the Europeans.
22. Technological Factors: The technological factors also play important
role in causing social change. It implies an appropriate organization and
systematic application of scientific knowledge to meet the human
requirements. Technology is a product of utilization. When the scientific
knowledge is applied to the problems of life, it becomes technology.
Technology is fast growing. Modern age is the “Age of Technology”.
Technology changes society by changing our environments to which we
In turn adopt. This change is usually in the material environment and the
adjustment that we make with these changes often modifies customs and
social institution initiates a corresponding social change.
Developments in the field of transportation and communication reduced
the social distance which gave momentum to cultural diffusion and
thereby to social change.
23. Environmental Factor: Due to floods, earthquake, excessive rain,
drought, change of season etc.. We can find imbalance in population
which directly affects the social relationship and these are modified by
such natural occurrences. Variation in the availability of water resources
and mineral resources can also affect social change.
If we think about a person or an individual who is growing under the
roof of a particular society and he lives among different kinds of people.
So, the environment of society affects himself and as we know that an
individual is a part of society who brings social change. Thus
environment factor bring social change.
24. Psychological factors: Some writers notice a psychological process in
the formation of society and, according to them, human relations based on
the considerations of the individual mind and the group mind shape and
mould social systems. Therefore, when physical forces like floods,
earthquakes and epidemics are considered as factors causing social
change, the importance of the psychological factor in that regard cannot
be ignored.
Change in attitude of society towards family planning, dowry, caste
system, women's education etc. which brought about radical changes in
society are primarily psychological in nature.
25. Other factors: In addition to above mentioned factors other elements
such as wars, ethnic tensions, competition for resources, trade unionism,
banking system, human rights movement, enhanced environmental
awareness etc. have resulted in wide spread social variation and
modification.
26. Necessity of Social Change
In a rapidly changing world there is a growing awareness that we are
facing fundamental problems. In spite of all the economic growth of the
last forty years, the gap between the richest 1.5 billion and the majority
of the world’s people is actually growing, with over a billion people in
deep poverty and many hundreds of millions more living on the
margins.
In such an era of an increasingly constrained and divided world the need
for progressive social change is obvious. Indeed, unless we can adapt
creatively and compassionately, then prospects for a peaceful and stable
world will rapidly fade.