Short note on social change in 100 words
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Answer:
Change is a process. Change denotes any alternation, difference or modification that takes place in a situation or in any object through time. It is the universal law of nature. It refers to the difference that exists between the past and the present situation. Change is an “on-going” process, No society remains completely static.
Society is subject to constant changes. The term social change refers to changes taking place in human society. Basically the changes in human inter-actions and inter relations, indicate social change. Society is the net-work of social relationship. Hence, social change obviously implies a change in the system of social relationship. So any difference or any modification or transformation in the established pattern of human interaction and standards of conduct amounts to change.
Abolition of child marriage, inter-caste marriage, high status to Indian women is some of the important instances of social change.
Definitions:
The meaning of the term “Social Change” can be better understood if we will discuss few definitions formulated by the eminent sociologists. Some of the important definitions are stated below:-
Kingsley Davis, “By Social change is meant only such alterations as occur in social organizations, that is, structure and functions of society.”
Maclver and Page, “Social change refers to a process responsive to many types of changes, to changes in man-made conditions of life” to changes in the attitude and beliefs of men and to changes that go beyond the human control to the biological and physical nature of things.
Lundberg, “Social change refers to any modifications in the established patterns of inter-human relationship and standard of conduct.”
H.T. Mazumdar, “Social change may be defined as a new fashion or mode, either modifying or replacing the old, in the life of people or in the operation of society.”
Morris Ginsberg, “By social change I understand a change in social structure, i.e. the size of a society, the composition or balance of its parts or the type of its organisation.”
Gillin and Gillin, “Social changes are variations from the accepted modes of life; whether due to alternation in geographical conditions, in cultural equipments, composition of the population or ideologies whether brought about by diffusion or inventions within the group.
Alvin Toffler, “Change is the process through which future invades our life.”
M.E. Jones, “Social change is a term used to describe variations in, or modifications of, any aspect of social process, social patterns, social interaction or social organisations.”
From the above definitions it may be concluded that social change is:
(i) A process.
(ii) It is a change in social organisation, that is the structure and functions of society.
(iii) Social change means human change, which takes place in the life patterns of the people. Basically it refers to the change in social relationship.
(iv) It refers to all historical variations in human societies. It means changes in all fundamental relations of man to man. Which includes changes in political institutions, class structure, economic systems, mores and modes of living.
From the analysis of the above definitions we come to know that the phenomenon of social change is not simple but complex. It is very vast and a complicated process. It is a process in which we always face problems in its conditions, forms, limitations, direction, sources, causes as well as consequences. But it would be worthwhile to analyse the nature of social change for clear understanding.
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Social change refers to any significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and cultural values and norms. ... All theories of social change also admit the likelihood of resistance to change, especially when people with vested interests feel unsettled and threatened by potential changes.