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Social Science Social Change Situations Discussion Chapter

, 1997). Ideas and Ideologies

Throughout the years, sociology concepts have been developed, interpreted and put in rational frame works with concepts that advocate for social ideology. Human perspective thinking is guided by the systems of ideas that provide relevant societal theories with commitment and implications that promote social change (Johnston and Oliver, pg 1). Ideologies are of fundamental importance, especially when scrutinizing social and cultural formations that lead to social change. Ideas that human understanding is coherent with are of moral and ethical, upholding of norms, and behavioral characteristics acceptable to social life. The system of ideas and their internal structures have changed a great deal as compared to ancient times due to the increased account of phenomena that requires ideas to explain purposively.

A historical evolution pertaining ideas and ideologies is democracy. 1950s and 1960s were subsequent years that opposed personal accreditation. According to social psychologists, these years political systems were presumed as a collective behavior among crowds. The 1970s changed that ideology by supporting political views from other political and organizations (Johnston and Olive, pg 1). This, however, did not satisfy resource mobilization in political systems, and hence in the 1980s, new variants of democracy were considered by putting in radial-based systems with cognitive categories that enlightened the mass. More reified, independent and static political systems were formed placing the political phenomenon in unequivocal levels (Schatz and Rexach, 2002). Regardless of the type of democracy now used in governing political systems and maintaining authoritarianism, democratic ideas and ideologies have ratified a conceptualized...

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Social change irrespective of discoveries, culture diffusion and ideologies is responsible of ensuring social stability, hence a counter-balanced society. Functionalism in society is responsible for describing the different aspects of social change, especially by predicting the essence of compensatory cultural dimensions. Similarly, social change has also embraced change from other trends such as from communism that are influence the western's culture values. Social institutions and associations have also been affected by aspects of social change leading to profound new ways of societal adaptation. The determinants of social change evidently occur as outcomes of size variation and qualitative efficiency of a people that eventually lead to a better comprehension of mutual dependence in the society.
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Hunt, E.F., and Colander, D.C. (2006). Social Science an Introduction to the Study of Society. New York: Allyn and Bacon Publishers.

Sharma, R.K., Sharma, R. K and Sharma, R. (1997). Social Psychology. New Jersey: Atlantic Publishers & Dist.

Schatz, S and Rexach, J.J. (2002). Conceptual Structure and Social Change: The Ideological Architecture of Democratization. Chicago: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Johnston, H and Oliver, P.E. What a Good Idea! Frames and Ideologies in Social Movement Research. American Sociological Review.

Bartle, P. "Social Change: Causes, effects and & #8230;" Retrieved from URL

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Hunt, E.F., and Colander, D.C. (2006). Social Science an Introduction to the Study of Society. New York: Allyn and Bacon Publishers.

Sharma, R.K., Sharma, R. K and Sharma, R. (1997). Social Psychology. New Jersey: Atlantic Publishers & Dist.

Schatz, S and Rexach, J.J. (2002). Conceptual Structure and Social Change: The Ideological Architecture of Democratization. Chicago: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Johnston, H and Oliver, P.E. What a Good Idea! Frames and Ideologies in Social Movement Research. American Sociological Review.
Bartle, P. "Social Change: Causes, effects and & #8230;" Retrieved from URL http://cec.vcn.bc.ca/cmp/modules/cha-chng.htm>
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