social change

Bartłomiej Grubich

Social change

What is „change”?

Human

Evolution of human kind

Human

Human growth

Nature

Evolution in the nature

Everything is changing (?) Science Culture Technology

Everything is changing (?)

Everything flows, nothing stands still.

You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.

- Heraclitus of Ephesus

Everything is changing...

But not John Rambo

He is always the best

Change - definition

It is the difference between various states over time.

Social change

Social change is modification or transformation in the way how society is organized.

„Social process” - is sequence of social events. „Social progress” - directional process which

brings closer to something good for society.

Types of social change

Endogenous Exogenous

Types of social process

Social development Social cycle

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Types of social development

Unilinear Multilinear

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Globalization

What is globalizations?

Globalization

Technology development Global market Speeding up transport Uniformity with diversity

Technology development

Technology development

Africa Asia Europe Middle East North America South America Australia & Oceania World0

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Internet users (%)

Global market

Export goods (2006)− 1 172 000 000 000 000 $

Import goods (2006)− 12 080 000 000 000 000 $

Speeding up transport

Uniformity with diversity

Globalization

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