Social change

It is a change in social relations or

change in the accepted social customs or
change in social structure and social
institutions etc and for this change so many
factors such as geographical, economic,
cultural, psychological, educational and
natural etc are responsible.
 Nature of social change
 Social change is a continuous process
 Social change is a universal phenomenon
 Social change is an essential law
 Spee of social change is not uniform
 Social change is a community change
 Social change can not be predicted
 Social change is a result of many factors
 Social change is not necessary a progress
 Social change can be the result of conscious and
unconscious efforts
 Nature of Social change is different in different
societies
 Scope of social change
 Change in social values
 Change in social relationship
 Change in social institutions
 Social change implies economic change also
 Social change implies political change also
 Social change implies change in accepted
modes of life
 Social change include change in man
 Modes of Social change
 Through evolution
 Through progress
 Through revolution
 Through social reformatory movement
 Through the spread of education
 Through laws
 Through radio, television and newspapers etc
 Factors of social change
 Biological factor
 Natural factor
 Geographical factor
 Population factor
 Psychological factor
 Cultural factor
 Economic factor
 Technological factor
 Ideological factor
 Hindrance in the way of Social
change
 Traditionalism
 Religious fundamentalism
 Ignorance
 Caste system
 Indolence
 Vested interests
 Desire of stability
 High cost
 Theories of social change
 Theory of deterioration
 Evolutionary
 Cyclic theory
 Theory of systematic efforts or talic theory
 Structural functional theory
 Arxian theory of economic determinism
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 By
 Dr. AMANDIP KAUR
 DEPTT. OF POLITICAL SCIENCE,
 PGGCG, SEC. 11, CHANDIGARH