1st Edition
Cultural Transformations and Globalization Theory, Development, and Social Change
By Alexander M Ervin
Copyright 2015
316 Pages
by
Routledge
316 Pages
by
Routledge
316 Pages
by
Routledge
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Change is the most significant factor of contemporary society and humanity s past. This book represents the first substantial attempt since the 1970s to synthesize and critique sociocultural change theories in anthropology and relate them to trends in the social and physical sciences. It emphasizes the most recent contributions especially complexity and emergence theory, social movements, network... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Cultural Materialism and Political Ecology; Chapter 3 Process and Agency; Chapter 4 World Systems Approaches to Cultural Change; Chapter 5 Modernity, Modernization, and Development; Chapter 6 Modernity, Modernization, and Development; Chapter 7 Globalization; Chapter 8 Networks, Social Systems, and Change; Chapter 9 Social Movements and Collective Agency; Chapter 10 Complexity and Emergence—Introduced; Chapter 11 Complexity and Emergence in Sociology and Anthropology; Chapter 12 Applied Anthropology and Change; Chapter 13 Summary, Conclusions, and Hints of Synthesis;
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Alexander M. Ervin
