[PDF] Social Change In A Material World eBook

Author : Theodore R. Schatzki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 35,65 MB
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0429626827

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Social Change in a Material World offers a new, practice theoretical account of social change and its explanation. Extending the author’s earlier account of social life, and drawing on general ideas about events, processes, and change, the book conceptualizes social changes as configurations of significant differences in bundles of practices and material arrangements. Illustrated with examples from the history of bourbon distillation and the formation and evolution of digitally-mediated associations in contemporary life, the book argues that chains of activity combine with material events and processes to cause social changes. The book thereby stresses the significance of the material dimension of society for the constitution, determination, and explanation of social phenomena, as well as the types of space needed to understand them. The book also challenges the explanatory significance of such key phenomena as power, dependence, relations, mechanisms, and individual behavior. As such, it will appeal to sociologists, geographers, organization studies scholars, and others interested in social life and social change.

Author : Triin Vihalemm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 15,16 MB
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317132157

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This book explores the design, communication and implementation of social change programmes aimed at solving various social problems, from reducing health-risk behaviour to ’green’ consumption or financial literacy. Examining the application of social practice theory as a way of understanding social change, From Intervention to Social Change connects theoretical reflections with empirical research, sample cases and exercises, emphasising the importance of communication and community engagement in the initiation and implementation of social change programmes designed to address social problems and improve quality of life. Adopting a ’communication for social change’ approach and presenting illustrative studies drawn from ’developed’ and rapidly transforming countries, this handbook will appeal to project managers and communication professionals in the public and private sectors, as well as scholars of sociology, anthropology and development studies with interests in social problems and social change.

Author : Shelley Tsivia Rabinovitch
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,77 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780806525778

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Two leading writers on all things Wicca offer a warm, practical guide to choosing how to use Wicca ethically and responsibly to enhance one's life. Topics covered include the morals and ethics of using magick; making sexual choices--traditional or alternative--that are comfortable, safe, and fair; and the perils of having money--or not having it.

Author : Jamie Frueh
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 39,98 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 079148775X

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Political Identity and Social Change builds upon the constructivist theory of political identity to explore the social changes that accompanied the end of apartheid in South Africa. To gain a better understanding of how structures of identity changed along with the rest of South Africa's institutions, Frueh analyzes three social and political conflicts: the Soweto uprisings of 1976, the reformist constitutional debates of 1983–1984, and post-apartheid crime. Analyzing these conflicts demonstrates how identity labels function as structures of social discourse, how social activity is organized through these structures, and how both the labels and their power have changed during the course of South Africa's transition. In this way, the book contributes not only to the study of South African society, but also provides lessons about the relationship between identity and social change.

Author : Pellizzoni, Luigi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 25,47 MB
Release : 2022-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1839100672

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This timely Handbook offers a comprehensive outlook on global environmental politics, providing readers with an up-to-date view of a field of ever increasing academic and public significance. Its critical perspective interrogates what is taken for granted in current institutions and social and power relations, highlighting the issues preventing meaningful change in the relationship between human societies and their biophysical underpinnings. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

Author : E. Silva
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 13,11 MB
Release : 2010-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0230297021

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This book examines connections between personal, relational and material matters in everyday life in the context of broader and long standing social problems. It explores the connections between mundane practices in the reproduction of our bodies and our relations with those we live with, and the technological practices that inform daily life.

Author : M. Girma
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,64 MB
Release : 2012-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1137269421

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Religiosity is one aspect without which Ethiopian society cannot be fully understood. This book aims to map out the terrain of the discourse in religion-social change nexus in Ethiopian using the notion of covenant as an interpretive tool.

Author : Philip McMichael
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 16,89 MB
Release : 2016-01-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1506334067

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The author is a proud sponsor of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. In this new Sixth Edition of Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, author Philip McMichael describes a world undergoing profound social, political, and economic transformations, from the post-World War II era through the present. He tells a story of development in four parts—colonialism, developmentalism, globalization, and sustainability—that shows how the global development "project" has taken different forms from one historical period to the next. Throughout the text, the underlying conceptual framework is that development is a political construct, created by dominant actors (states, multilateral institutions, corporations and economic coalitions) and based on unequal power arrangements. While rooted in ideas about progress and prosperity, development also produces crises that threaten the health and well-being of millions of people, and sparks organized resistance to its goals and policies. Frequent case studies make the intricacies of globalization concrete, meaningful, and clear. Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective challenges us to see ourselves as global citizens even as we are global consumers. Contributor to the SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award Find out more at www.sagepub.com/sociologyaward

Author : Garth Massey
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 19,22 MB
Release : 2015-07-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1506306640

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The world is at our fingertips, but understanding what is going on has never been more daunting. Garth Massey’s Ways of Social Change is a primer for making sense of both rapidly moving events and the cultural and structural forces on which social life is built, while teaching critical thinking skills needed to understand social change. With an approach that is fresh, timely, challenging, and engaging, Ways of Social Change shows students how social change is both a lived experience and the result of our actions in the world. It invites the reader into the realm of social science, where clarification, understanding, and inquiry provide for both informed opinions and a path to effective involvement. The core of the book focuses on five forces that powerfully influence the direction, scope and speed of social change: science and technology, social movements, war and revolution, large corporations, and the state. A concluding chapter encourages students to examine their own perspectives and offers ways to engage in social change, now and in their lifetime.