Category: Social Change

Whats social change? Its referring to any major change with time in cultural values, behavior patterns,& norms. Through Major change, sociologists mean changes yielding deep social concerns. Cases of major social changes having lasting effects include the feminist movement, the abolition of slavery, and the industrial revolution. Sociologists today willingly readily accepted the important part…

Public administration is centrally involved with the organization of presidency policies and programmes furthermore because of the behavior of officers (usually non-elected) formally to blame for their conduct.’ Many unelected public servants is thought of to be public directors, as well as heads of town, county, regional, state and federal departments like municipal budget administrators,…

By looking at concepts such as modernisation and urbanisation which arose from the Industrial Revolution, as well as racism, discrimination and the formation of class structures as studied and documented by Web Dubois, one will be able to conclude that these concepts which arose from European and North American sociology is useful to a large…

Society is complex and at times difficult to understand given how vastly its functionality varies over time. It can, therefore, be useful to look at past sociological theories to understand the social change that we witness during different periods. Within this essay, I will be looking at aspects of both modernity and postmodernity to understand…

The only constant thing in every society is change. Henry Pratt Fairchild, an American sociologist defined social change as variations and modifications in any aspects of social process, pattern and form. Throughout history, civilizations have been subjected to numerous social changes be it on a small scale or a larger one, short and long term,…

Mental health tends to be treated quite differently from physical health due to peoples attitudes that mentally ill persons are violent. Mental health problems usually happen in a psychosocial context, and this implies that social factors have a significant role in the management of mental illnesses. Nurse practitioners (NPs) have a responsibility of ensuring that…

Introduction No one can step into the same river twice,because everything in the world is in perpetual motion which helps the universe to be made up.Our society is an organic and complex synthetic,facing inevitable change and it is influenced by culture,politics,economics,technologies and other aspects with time.Social change has been defined in different theoretical orientations and…

Art for Social Change Today we are dwelling in a society where life is rapidly dropping its meaning, not for everyone however at least for the over whelming majority. For most of the human beings life has come to be nothing but stupid drudgery, a monotonous routine, automatic nearly robot like repetition of tasks day…

According to the Oxford Dictionary, crime is defined as an action that is against the law or illegal actions as a whole. (Lexico 2019) This definition could be argued as too simplistic as it does not apply to all criminal offenses. In 1884, the criminal law system was made to reconsider what was seen as…

The internet has become an essential component of daily life, enabling rapid information availability, connection, and pleasure. Nonetheless, not all nations provide the webs independence and openness. There are locations throughout the globe that lack internet and computer access. This inequity has significant repercussions as it impedes progress in schooling, healthcare, and civil liberties. Luckily,…