Social Change Factors


Some of the factors that create changes can be categorized as natural change, demographic change, cultural change, and institutional change.	Sapience Home Site Map About Sapience Sociology Social Structure and Change Social Change Institutional change Cultural change Demographic change Natural change

Some of the factors that create changes can be categorized as natural change, demographic change, cultural change, and institutional change.

Institutional change

This would include changes in the social institutions as part of broader social change.

Cultural change

This may include changes in culture as part of broader social change.

Demographic change

This may include population growth, decline, and aging. Migrations and births and deaths can also be considered.

Natural change

This may include changes in biological or physical geographic elements.


History History gives numerous examples of institutional change, cultural change, demographic change, and natural change.	Links to other sites: Not yet developed
The various factors operated during prehistory including early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory. Institutional and cultural change was slow, and demographic and natural change were connected. Which of these factors was most important is much debated. Antiquity including the 5th millennium BC, 4th millennium BC, 3rd millennium BC, 2nd millennium BC, and early 1st Millennium BC can be connected. Classical and medieval history Early classical times including the 5th century BC, 4th century BC, 3rd century BC, 2nd century BC, and 1st century BC can be connected. Late classical times including the 1st century CE, 2nd century CE, 3rd century CE, 4th century CE, and 5th century CE can be connected. Early medieval times including the 6th century, 7th century, 8th century, 9th century, and 10th century can be connected. Late medieval times including the 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, and 15th century can be considered. Modern history Institutional change can be considered in modern times. The 16th century including the early 16th century, early mid 16th century, mid 16th century, late mid 16th century, and late 16th century can be connected. The 17th century including the early 17th century, early mid 17th century, mid 17th century, late mid 17th century, and late 18th century can be considered. The 18th century including the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 18th century, late mid 18th century, and late 18th century can be connected. . The 19th century including the early 19th century, the early mid 19th century, the mid 19th century, and the late mid 19th century can be connected. The late 19th century including the early 1880s, late 1880s, early 1890s, and late 1890s may be useful. Social change factors of the 20th century in the early 20th century, early mid 20th century, mid 20th century, late-mid 20th century, and late 20th century can be considered. The early 21st century including the early 2000s and late 2000s with 2006 and 2007 can be connected. 2008 including the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, and fourth quarter can be connected. 2009 and 2010 can be connected. The early 2010s can be connected. 2011 can be connected. The first quarter 2011 can be connected. January 2011 including 2011 week 1, 2011 week 2, 2011 week 3, 2011 week 4, 2011 week 5, and 2011 week 6 can be connected. February 2011 and March 2011 can be connected. The second quarter 2011 including April 2011, May 2011, and June 2011 can be connected. The third quarter 2011 can be connected. The future of these studies is obscure, but includes the near future, middle future, and far future. Other sociology The examination of social change factors will make use of examples from peoples of the world and communities. Other aspects of social structure and change will also be important. Peoples of the world including particular nations, and tha major groups of Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples may provide examples of social change factors. Nations such as Tanzania, Poland, Kenya, Morocco, Algeria, Canada, Afghanistan, Uganda, and Nepal can be connected. Western Civilization including Spain give examples. Anglic peoples including those of the United Kingdom give examples. The United States can be connected. Latin peoples including Argentina can be connected. Italic peoples including those of Italy can be connected. French peoples including those of France can be connected. Hispanic peoples including Colombia can be connected. Hispanic Mexican American peoples including those of Mexico can be connected. Lusitanic peoples including Brazil can be connected. Germanic peoples such as those of Germany can be connected. Northeast European peoples such as those of Ukraine can be connected. Russia can be connected. Asiatic peoples including those of Burma present various examples. Middle Eastern peoples including Iran can be connected. Turkey can be connected. Egypt can be connected. South Asian peoples including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh can be examined. Central Asian peoples including some peoples of China and Russia offer examples. Oriental peoples including those of South Korea present examples. China can be connected. Japan can be connected. Southeast Asian peoples including those of Thailand also provide examples. Peoples of Mainland Southeast Asia including those of Vietnam present examples. Peoples of the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes including Indonesia and the Philippines can be connected. African peoples such as those of Sudan give examples. East African peoples such as those of Ethiopia can be connected. West African peoples including those of Nigeria give examples. Southern African peoples such as those of South Africa can be connected. Central African peoples such as those of Congo (DR) can be connected. American Indian peoples such as are found in Argentina give examples. Middle American Indian peoples found in Mexico can be connected. Southwestern American Indian peoples including those of the southwestern United States can be connected. South American Indian peoples such as those of Colombia can be connected. Amazonian peoples including those of Brazil can be connected. North American Indian peoples found in the United States can be considered. Communities Communities may be important. Other social structure and change Other social change Particular changes The agricultural revolution can be connected. The Agrarian revolution including bronze age movements, early iron age movments, late iron age movements, and modernization can be connected. The Industrial revolution including the early industrial revolution can be connected. The middle industrial revolution can be connected. Computerization can be connected. Social change processes Innovation can be connected. Transmission can be connected. Adaptation can be connected. Extinction can be connected. Social types can be connected. Industrial society can be connected. Agrarian society can be connected. Horticultural societies can be connected. Hunting and gathering societies can be connected. Social structure can be connected. Community and regional structure can be connected. Class structure can be connected. Institutional structure can be connected. Cultural structure can be connected. Anthropological structure can be connected. Institutions Religion Particular religious traditions including Abrahamic religion, secularism, Asiatic religion, and pagan religion can be connected. Religious organization including highly structured, fragmented, and loosely structured organization can be connected. Religious practice can be connected. Religious belief can be connected. Governmental Particular governments including international government, national government, and local government can be connected. Government activity including state relations, administration, and succession can be connected. Government structure including forms of government, heads of state, executive systems, legislative systems, judicial systems, and political parties and interest groups can be connected. Law including international law, Western law, Asiatic law, and tribal law can be connected. Economics Economic systems including economic system behavior, economic system types, networks, and firms can be connected. Industries including commercial and financial, communications, transportation, social and medical, building and construction, extraction and manufacturing, and agriculture can be connected. Economic activity including production, consumption, and trade and exchange can be connected. Education Schools including higher education, secondary education, and primary education can be connected. Educational organization including administration, faculty, students, and course material can be connected. Cultural institutions including performance venues, libraries, and museums can be connected. Teaching can be connected. Research can ge connected. Families Particular families can be connected. Kinship can be connected. Parenting can be connected. Marriage can be connected. Culture Behavioral culture including customs can be connected. Cultural events including holidays, gatherings, disasters, and miscellaneous events can be connected. Recreation and entertainment including sports, games, theatre, dance, and music can be connected. Occupations including service occupations, industrial occupations, transportation occupations, communications occupations, building-related occupations, and food-related occupations can be connected. Conceptual culture including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, literature, graphic arts, and language can be connected. Material culture including miscellaneous artifacts, transportation technology, communication technology, clothing, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be connected. Anthropology Particular groups can be connected. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, African geography, North American geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography can be connected. Human ecology including effects of people on the environment, relations with other life, and effects of the environment on people can be connected. Physical anthroplogy including human dispersion, racial variation, and human origins can be connected. Demography including population change, population size and structure, deaths, migration, and births can be connected. Social foundations including social group behavior, social group types, social control, social interaction, and social presentation can be connected. Personal studies Biography can be connected. Psychology including social psychology, personality, mental disorders, developmental psychology, behavior patterns, mind, and behavioral elements can be connected. The human body including form and appearance, life cycle, disease, body functions, and body systems can be connected. Science Biology including biohistory, ecology, systematics, organism biology, cell biology, and molecular biology can be connected. Earth science including geohistory, physical geography, atmospheric science, hydrospheric science, and geology can be connected. Astronomy including cosmology, galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy, and local astronomy can be connected. Chemistry including chemical systems, chemical change, and chemical substances might be connected. Physics including the structure of matter, quantum physics, relativity, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and mechanics can be connected.

History

History gives numerous examples of institutional change, cultural change, demographic change, and natural change.

Links to other sites:
Not yet developed

The various factors operated during prehistory including early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory. Institutional and cultural change was slow, and demographic and natural change were connected. Which of these factors was most important is much debated. Antiquity including the 5th millennium BC, 4th millennium BC, 3rd millennium BC, 2nd millennium BC, and early 1st Millennium BC can be connected.

Classical and medieval history

Early classical times including the 5th century BC, 4th century BC, 3rd century BC, 2nd century BC, and 1st century BC can be connected. Late classical times including the 1st century CE, 2nd century CE, 3rd century CE, 4th century CE, and 5th century CE can be connected. Early medieval times including the 6th century, 7th century, 8th century, 9th century, and 10th century can be connected. Late medieval times including the 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, and 15th century can be considered.

Modern history

Institutional change can be considered in modern times.

The 16th century including the early 16th century, early mid 16th century, mid 16th century, late mid 16th century, and late 16th century can be connected. The 17th century including the early 17th century, early mid 17th century, mid 17th century, late mid 17th century, and late 18th century can be considered. The 18th century including the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 18th century, late mid 18th century, and late 18th century can be connected. . The 19th century including the early 19th century, the early mid 19th century, the mid 19th century, and the late mid 19th century can be connected. The late 19th century including the early 1880s, late 1880s, early 1890s, and late 1890s may be useful.

Social change factors of the 20th century in the early 20th century, early mid 20th century, mid 20th century, late-mid 20th century, and late 20th century can be considered.

The early 21st century including the early 2000s and late 2000s with 2006 and 2007 can be connected. 2008 including the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, and fourth quarter can be connected. 2009 and 2010 can be connected. The early 2010s can be connected. 2011 can be connected. The first quarter 2011 can be connected. January 2011 including 2011 week 1, 2011 week 2, 2011 week 3, 2011 week 4, 2011 week 5, and 2011 week 6 can be connected. February 2011 and March 2011 can be connected. The second quarter 2011 including April 2011, May 2011, and June 2011 can be connected. The third quarter 2011 can be connected.

The future of these studies is obscure, but includes the near future, middle future, and far future.

Other sociology

The examination of social change factors will make use of examples from peoples of the world and communities. Other aspects of social structure and change will also be important.

Peoples of the world including particular nations, and tha major groups of Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples may provide examples of social change factors.

Nations such as Tanzania, Poland, Kenya, Morocco, Algeria, Canada, Afghanistan, Uganda, and Nepal can be connected.

Western Civilization including Spain give examples. Anglic peoples including those of the United Kingdom give examples. The United States can be connected. Latin peoples including Argentina can be connected. Italic peoples including those of Italy can be connected. French peoples including those of France can be connected. Hispanic peoples including Colombia can be connected. Hispanic Mexican American peoples including those of Mexico can be connected. Lusitanic peoples including Brazil can be connected. Germanic peoples such as those of Germany can be connected. Northeast European peoples such as those of Ukraine can be connected. Russia can be connected.

Asiatic peoples including those of Burma present various examples. Middle Eastern peoples including Iran can be connected. Turkey can be connected. Egypt can be connected. South Asian peoples including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh can be examined. Central Asian peoples including some peoples of China and Russia offer examples. Oriental peoples including those of South Korea present examples. China can be connected. Japan can be connected. Southeast Asian peoples including those of Thailand also provide examples. Peoples of Mainland Southeast Asia including those of Vietnam present examples. Peoples of the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes including Indonesia and the Philippines can be connected.

African peoples such as those of Sudan give examples. East African peoples such as those of Ethiopia can be connected. West African peoples including those of Nigeria give examples. Southern African peoples such as those of South Africa can be connected. Central African peoples such as those of Congo (DR) can be connected.

American Indian peoples such as are found in Argentina give examples. Middle American Indian peoples found in Mexico can be connected. Southwestern American Indian peoples including those of the southwestern United States can be connected. South American Indian peoples such as those of Colombia can be connected. Amazonian peoples including those of Brazil can be connected. North American Indian peoples found in the United States can be considered.

Communities

Communities may be important.

Other social structure and change

Other social change

Particular changes

The agricultural revolution can be connected. The Agrarian revolution including bronze age movements, early iron age movments, late iron age movements, and modernization can be connected. The Industrial revolution including the early industrial revolution can be connected. The middle industrial revolution can be connected. Computerization can be connected.

Social change processes

Innovation can be connected. Transmission can be connected. Adaptation can be connected. Extinction can be connected.

Social types can be connected. Industrial society can be connected. Agrarian society can be connected. Horticultural societies can be connected. Hunting and gathering societies can be connected.

Social structure can be connected. Community and regional structure can be connected. Class structure can be connected. Institutional structure can be connected. Cultural structure can be connected. Anthropological structure can be connected.

Institutions

Religion

Particular religious traditions including Abrahamic religion, secularism, Asiatic religion, and pagan religion can be connected. Religious organization including highly structured, fragmented, and loosely structured organization can be connected. Religious practice can be connected. Religious belief can be connected.

Governmental

Particular governments including international government, national government, and local government can be connected. Government activity including state relations, administration, and succession can be connected. Government structure including forms of government, heads of state, executive systems, legislative systems, judicial systems, and political parties and interest groups can be connected. Law including international law, Western law, Asiatic law, and tribal law can be connected.

Economics

Economic systems including economic system behavior, economic system types, networks, and firms can be connected. Industries including commercial and financial, communications, transportation, social and medical, building and construction, extraction and manufacturing, and agriculture can be connected. Economic activity including production, consumption, and trade and exchange can be connected.

Education

Schools including higher education, secondary education, and primary education can be connected. Educational organization including administration, faculty, students, and course material can be connected. Cultural institutions including performance venues, libraries, and museums can be connected. Teaching can be connected. Research can ge connected.

Families

Particular families can be connected. Kinship can be connected. Parenting can be connected. Marriage can be connected.

Culture

Behavioral culture including customs can be connected. Cultural events including holidays, gatherings, disasters, and miscellaneous events can be connected. Recreation and entertainment including sports, games, theatre, dance, and music can be connected. Occupations including service occupations, industrial occupations, transportation occupations, communications occupations, building-related occupations, and food-related occupations can be connected.

Conceptual culture including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, literature, graphic arts, and language can be connected. Material culture including miscellaneous artifacts, transportation technology, communication technology, clothing, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be connected.

Anthropology

Particular groups can be connected. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, African geography, North American geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography can be connected. Human ecology including effects of people on the environment, relations with other life, and effects of the environment on people can be connected. Physical anthroplogy including human dispersion, racial variation, and human origins can be connected. Demography including population change, population size and structure, deaths, migration, and births can be connected. Social foundations including social group behavior, social group types, social control, social interaction, and social presentation can be connected.

Personal studies

Biography can be connected. Psychology including social psychology, personality, mental disorders, developmental psychology, behavior patterns, mind, and behavioral elements can be connected. The human body including form and appearance, life cycle, disease, body functions, and body systems can be connected.

Science

Biology including biohistory, ecology, systematics, organism biology, cell biology, and molecular biology can be connected. Earth science including geohistory, physical geography, atmospheric science, hydrospheric science, and geology can be connected. Astronomy including cosmology, galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy, and local astronomy can be connected. Chemistry including chemical systems, chemical change, and chemical substances might be connected. Physics including the structure of matter, quantum physics, relativity, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and mechanics can be connected.