Made by:

Syeda Hania Batool Zaidi

CONTENTS

• DEFINITION

• HISTORY

• THEORIES

• TYPES OF SOCIAL CHANGE

• SIGNIFICANCE OF SOCIAL CHANGE

• IMPACT ON SOCIETY

• SOCIAL CHANGE IN INSTITUTIONS

Social Change is characterized

by

Culturalsymbol

Rules ofbehavior

Social organization

Value systems

DEFINITION

HISTORY

• Change occurs when societies change their conditions according to their need.

• Change in climate

• Change in material

• Change in culture

• Change in Governance:

• Change in environment

THEORISTS

• Auguste Comte believed that social change mean towards something better.

• Herbert Spencer argued that society itself is an organism.

• Spengler , Toynbee and Sorokin proposed cyclic theory of social change.

• Cyclic theory of social change focus on the rise and fall of civilizations.

•Arnold Toynbee focus on the concept of challenge and response.• Pitirin Sorokin in his book proposed alternate fluctuate between two cultural extremes:

> The senate> The ideational

•. Spengler after studying eight major civilizations said that modern western society is in last stage or old age.

TYPES OF SOCIAL CHANGE

• Ultra committed Change-Makers

• Faith-Inspired Givers

• Socially Conscious Consumers

• Purposeful Participants

• Casual Contributors

• Social Change Spectators

SIGNIFICANCE OF SOCIAL CHANGE

WE ALL WANT CHANGE FOR BETTER ..

IMPACT ON SOCIETY

• MODERNIZATION

moving from

agrarian industrial society.

• URBANIZATION Population shift from rural to urban areas.

•TECHNOLOGY:New technologies influencing people’s

lifestyles.•INCREASE IN KNOWLEDGE:

Continual expansion of knowledge demands to adapt to changing circumstances.

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CHANGE IN INSTITUTIONS

• As body parts performing different functions, on the whole maintains the body, same is the case with institutions.

• if any of the institution become weaker, it results in destruction and disturbance in the society.

•Family

•Government

•Religion

•Economy

•Education

•Mass media

•Basic institutions in society are: