SOCIAL CHANGE

12ABM – 18
Banzuelo, Baustista, Dimaunahan, Santos, Serrano, Utbo
 DEFINING SOCIAL
CHANGE
• THE ALTERATION OF MECHANISMS
WITHIN THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE

• CHARACTERIZED BY CHANGES IN
CULTURAL SYMBOLS, RULES OF
BEHAVIOUR, SOCIAL
ORGANIZATIONS, OR VALUE SYSTEMS

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CAUSES OF SOCIAL CHANGE
 TECHNOLOGICAL AND BUREAUCRATIZATION
ECONOMICAL CHANGE

CAUSES OF SOCIAL CHANGE

URBANIZATION MODERNIZATION
TECHNOLOGICAL AND
ECONOMICAL
AN INCREASE IN THE EFFICIENCY OF
A PRODUCT OR PROCESS THAT
RESULTS IN AN INCREASE IN OUTPUT,
WITHOUT AN INCREASE IN INPUT.

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BUREAUCRATIZATION
• CONSTITUTES THE MOST EFFICIENT
AND RATIONAL WAY IN WHICH ONE
CAN ORGANIZE THE HUMAN
ACTIVITY 
• SYSTEMATIC PROCESSES AND
ORGANIZED HIERARCHIES ARE
NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN ORDER,
MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY, AND
ELIMINATE FAVORITISM

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URBANIZATION
REFERS TO THE POPULATION
SHIFT FROM RURAL TO URBAN
AREAS, "THE GRADUAL INCREASE
IN THE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE
LIVING IN URBAN AREAS", AND
THE WAYS IN WHICH EACH
SOCIETY ADAPTS TO THE CHANGE

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MODERNIZATION
THE TRANSFORMATION FROM A
TRADITIONAL, RURAL, AGRARIAN
SOCIETY TO A SECULAR, URBAN,
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

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GENDER EQUALITY RACIAL EQUALITY

EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL
CHANGE

K-12 CURRICULUM FEMINIST MOVEMENT

SOCIAL CHANGE
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