{"product_id":"social-change-the-advent-and-maturation-of-modern-society-9781032857879","title":"Social Change: The Advent and Maturation of Modern Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eva Etzioni-Halevy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - Social Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1981, \u003ci\u003eSocial Change \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a critical review of the main classical and modern theories of social change, and a study of the processes of change in western societies since modernization. It focusses on the cardinal aspects of society, and those that have figured most prominently in various theories: the economy, the class structure, the political structure, and the structure of education, as they changed throughout the process of modernization and up to the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is divided into three parts. Part I presents a general discussion of classical and contemporary theories of the advent and maturation of modern society in Western capitalist and non-Western countries. Part II provides a more detailed discussion of modernization and subsequent changes in the Western, capitalist societies. Part III examines alternative social formations--communes and co-operatives. This book will be a beneficial read for students and researchers of sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46931080511639,"sku":"9781032857879","price":9546.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781032857879.webp?v=1771610969","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/social-change-the-advent-and-maturation-of-modern-society-9781032857879","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}