Sociology
Social Change �(a) Meaning of Social Change, and
(b) Factors of Social Change
Sociology
Lecture Prepared by
Dr Anil Kumar
Assistant Professor of Sociology
4. Social Change
Social Change
4 (A) Meaning of Social Change
4 (C) Factors of Social Change
4 (A)Social Change
Meaning
Social Change
Individuals are normally recognized in a society through the statuses they occupy and the role they enact.s Not only the society is dynamic but also the individuals are dynamic. Men are normally engaged in endless endeavor to enhance their statues in society, move from lower position in higher position, secure a superior job in the place of an inferior one. for various response people of higher status and position may also be forced to come down to a lower status anda position. Thus people in a society continue to move up and down the status scale. This movement called social mobility.
4 (A) Social Change: Meaning
Social Change
SOCIAL CHANGE AND CASTE:
If everything is dynamic in the society then can we say that the caste system is static?
The answer is NO.
The caste system and it’s rigidity is too changing.
Even the nature of caste operation is also changing.
Matrimonial
Inter-caste Marriage
Social Change: Definition
Social Change
Definitional of Social Mobility/ Change
“Social mobility is the movement of a person or persons from one social status to another” – Wallace and Wallace
Social mobility refers to �“the movements of an individual or group from one social class or social stratum to another” – W. P. Scott
4 (C)Factors of Social Change
Social Change
Why it is called social
Forces of Social Change
Internal
External
Technological
Environmental
Demographic
Cultural
Political
Economic
Education
Law and Legislation
National and International
Social Movements
National and International
Social Change: Types
Social Change
Vertical Social Change
From one status to another status. It involves change in class, occupation, or power position.
Horizontal Social Change
Horizontal change is a change in position without the change in status. It indicates a change in position within the range of the same status.