Readings in Social Evolution and Development
：The Commonwealth and International Library: Readings in Sociology
Publication subTitle ：The Commonwealth and International Library: Readings in Sociology
Author： Eisenstadt S. N.
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9781483137865
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780080068121
Subject： K02 social development theory
Keyword： 社会科学理论与方法论
Language： ENG
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Description
Readings in Social Evolution and Development presents a collection of articles on a specialized aspect of sociology, or social psychology. The book starts by describing social change and development and the role of institutionalization, individual behavior, and role performance on such change and development. The text also discusses the basic problems of evolutionary perspective in sociology and studies of development and modernization. The theories of social change, the problem of evolution, and the major trends of change in the contemporary setting, such as changes in the industrial societies and alternative courses of political development in the new states are also encompassed. Sociologists and social psychologists and students taking sociology courses will find the book useful.