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082			_a303.4 STR
100			_aStrasser, Hermann
245		0	_aIntroduction to theories of social change
260			_aLondon, _bRoutledge and kegan paul _c1981
300			_a340 p
520			_aAddressed to students of the social sciences interested in conceptualizing and explaining change phenomena on various levels of society, this introductory text deals with central questions in an increasingly important field, and systematically examines alternative and complementary theoretical approaches. The first with the assumptions underlying any analysis of change, with the dimensions of social change (such as scope, direction and speed) and with the most important theories explaining such change. The second part deals with the structural functionalist and historical materialist approaches in detail, and assesses their explanatory potential. Finally, the third part compares the various approaches already described, by means of illustrative case studies of change at the different levels of society (interaction, group, organization and social system).
650			_aSociology
700			_aRandall, Susan C.
942			_cB _2ddc