1st Edition
Evolution Versus Revolution The Paradoxes of Social Change
By Melvyn L. Fein
Copyright 2015
468 Pages
by
Routledge
468 Pages
by
Routledge
468 Pages
by
Routledge
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Revolutionary and evolutionary theorists have very different views about change; Fein writes in favour of evolution. He proposes an integrated model of social evolution, one that accounts for the complexity, inconclusiveness, and impediments that characterize social transformations. This multi-dimensional approach recognizes that change is always saturated in conflict. Major changes are rarely... Read more
Acknowledgments
1 The Strangeness of Social Change
2 Classical Theories of Social Change
3 Revolution versus Evolution
4 Integrated Social Evolution
5 The Multidimensional Objects of Social Change
6 The Impetus to Social Change
7 Adaptive Radiation
8 Resistance to Social Change
9 Semi-Functional Social Selection
10 Patterns of Social Change
11 The Inverse Force Rule
12 Consolidating Social Change
13 The Middle-Class Consolidation
14 Conclusion: A Third Way
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Melvyn L. Fein
