Social change : perspectives, challenges and implications for the future / Joel Wallace, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wallace, Joel, 1979- editor.

Series:

Social issues, justice and status series.

Social issues, justice and status

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Different types of social change agents and catalysts in society operate in a wide range of sectors and industries. In the first chapter, some major theoretical perspectives in the study of social change and individual socioemotional functioning are reviewed. The authors of the second chapter explore the aforementioned agents and catalysts that can create a more meaningful and lasting impact in society if efforts, strategies and resources are aligned. In the third chapter, the effect of radical social change on the diffusion of professional norms across contexts is examined. The fourth chapter helps evaluators and program managers understand the importance of considering culture in program design and evaluations, with particular emphasis on culturally specific vulnerable populations. The fifth chapter studies two social change conceptions, very popular in sociological literature: modernity and modernization. Chapter 6 explores the effect of social changes and demographic variables on the importance of work outcomes. In Chapter 7, the authors' describe the impact of social welfare and government trust in society on its citizens. The authors of Chapter 8 discuss the recent developments of school music education in China, focusing on Beijing and its long and rich history dating back more than 3,000 years. Chapter 9 aims to investigate the role of entrepreneurial ecosystem in the various steps of the development of a start-up and to verify the role of the social mission as an enabler factor in the enhancement of relationship with the actors in the ecosystem. In Chapter 10, the author theoretically develop and empirically test for the utility of the concept of social intermediaries (SI) in explaining social change. The last chapter of the book aims to give an account of the process of development, adaptation and change in the social structure at the microlevel, as a result of changes in the policies of development and the alteration of the global order.

Contents:

SOCIAL CHANGE PERSPECTIVES, CHALLENGES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE ; SOCIAL CHANGE PERSPECTIVES, CHALLENGES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ; ABSTRACT ; THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL CHANGE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ; Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory ; Greenfield's Theory of Social Change and Human Development ; Kagitcibasi's Theory of Family Change ; Chen's Pluralistic-Constructivist Perspective

SOCIAL BEHAVIORS AND ADJUSTMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL CHANGESociability; Shyness ; Prosociality-Cooperation ; Aggression ; THE ROLE OF SOCIALIZATION IN MEDIATING THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CHANGE ON INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ; Social Change and Parenting ; Social Change and Peer Interactions ; Social Change and School Education ; CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 2 CATALYSTS AND AGENTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE: IMPERATIVES FOR SOCIAL INNOVATIONS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; Social Change and Social Innovation ; Social Innovation ; Social Change Agents and Catalysts

Community Practice Social Workers Social Entrepreneurs ; Social Intrapreneurs ; Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives ; Cross Sector Alliances ; Socially Responsible Investing ; Role of Education in Preparing Graduates to Be Social Change Agents ; Recommendations for Effective Social Change ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 3 SOCIAL CHANGE AND DIFFUSION OF PROFESSIONAL NORMS: AN EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH PERFORMANCE ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. DEVELOPMENT OF PROPOSITIONS ; 3. RESEARCH METHOD ; 3.1. Variable Measurement ; 3.2. Data Collection

3.3. Data Analysis and Model 4. FINDINGS; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 THE ROLE OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN THE EVALUATION OF SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS AND ACHIEVING SOCIAL CHANGE ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE FOR EVALUATORS ; STAGES OF CULTURALLY INFORMED PARTICIPATORY EVALUATION (CIPE) ; SOCIAL CHANGE AS A RESULT OF CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE EVALUATION ; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRACTITIONERS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 5 MODERNITY AND MODERNIZATION AS THEORETICAL AND DOCTRINAL CONSTRUCTS TO EXPLAIN SOCIAL CHANGE ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION

THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE CONSTRUCTS OF MODERNITY AND MODERNIZATION MODERNITY AND MODERNIZATION AS THEORETICAL PROBLEMS IN SOCIOLOGY ; Introduction. On the Significance of Theorizing2 ; Karl Marx ; Émile Durkheim ; Max Weber; Theories of Modernization; BY WAY OF A CONCLUSION. THE EXPLANATION OF SOCIAL CHANGE. BEYOND THEORY ; Doctrinal Implications in the Explanation of Social Change: Some Examples ; Historicism As a Doctrinal Problem and Its Influence on Marx's Theorization of Social Change; Methodological Individualism As Covert Doctrinal Individualism ; REFERENCES

Chapter 6 THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL CHANGES AND DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WORK OUTCOMES: THE ISRAELI CASE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63483-658-8