Social Change

Do a small protest sign of an issue you care about

In what way(s) has the concept of the working class changed over time?

• University degrees are less valuable & more costly

• huge growth opportunities in trades

• greater income

• less debt incurred at post secondary

It is the alteration in patterns of culture, social structure and social behavior over time.

• social change

• political change

• cultural change

• none of the above

A set of attitudes and self-conscious actions by people seeking to change society. It involves a large number of people mobilized to promote or resist any social or cultural change.

• mass media

• social movement

• organization

• demonstration

The following are characteristics of social movement except:

• All have objectives

• movements develop programs for change

• movements establish an ideology to justify their existence and give themselves direction

• members are not committed to the cause

It is an element of social movement which shows political actions such as creation of special purpose associations and coalitions, public meetings , solemn procession, vigils, rallies and demonstrations

• repertoire

• campaign

• WUNC displays

• none of the above

It is an element of social movement which is a sustained, organized public effort making collective claims of target authority.

• campaign

• repertoire

• WUNC displays

• power

He believes that social movement is a major vehicle for ordinary peoples participation in public politics.

• Charles Tilly

• E. Durkheim

• Karl Marx

• Engels

What refers to the transformation of culture, behavior, social institutions, and social structure over time?

• Cultural Change

• Personal Change

• Political Change

• Social Change

What theory of social change believed that society always evolves into “higher levels”?

• Conflict Theory

• Evolutionary model

• Functionalist Theory

• Natural Selection