Cultural, Social, Political Changes

Social Change

* significant modification or alteration in the lifestyle of a society
* affects the major portion of the population

Cultural Change

alterations affection traits or trait complexes and changes in a culture’s content and structure

Material Cultural Change

* artifacts
* fossils

Non material cultural change

* traditions
* beliefs
* history

Political Change

* significant disruption in a government that leads to new or modified leadership or policies

Causes of Social change

Technology, Social Institutions, Population, Environment, Modernization

Technology

* driving force behind globalization
* contribute a lot of modernization in various fields

Social Institutions

* established sets or norms and subsystems
* each sector has different responsibilities that contribute to the normal functioning of the society

Population

change in population in the composition of every level in the society leads to social change

Environment

* will affect people + society

Aggrevates the impact of natural disasters

The way humans interact with the environment and the way members of the population ulitize the resources

Modernization

process f increased differentiation and specialization within a society (industry + infrastracture)

Sources of Social, Cultural, Political Change

Innovation, Cultural Diffusion, Acculturation, Assimilation

Innovation

process of translating a new idea into something that can create value

Cultural Diffusion

spread of culture to other people

Acculturation

minority adopts the cultural aspects of the majority, learn how to adopt the ways of majority

Social Contradictions and Tension

Inter-ethnic conflict, Revolution, Terrorism, Gender Issue

Inter-enthic conflict

armed conflict between ethnic groups

Revolution

involves a public seizure of the state with the main goal of overturning the existing politial structures

Terrorism

occurs when a nonstate actors use violence against civilians to achieve their political goals

Gender Issue

the issue on gender equality has been a subject on social discussions for quite some time up to present