theories of social change (1 Viewer)

[ashley23]

Can anyone please explain the 'cyclical theory' and the 'post-modernist theory'?

If so, that would be great.
Thanks

 

[pig_93]

i have never heard of them.
all i have heard of is like conflict structuralism, or structuralism or functionalism.
hmm weird...

where did u get these from??

 

[winicat]

pig_93: they're, like, important things, so if you're doing sac i'd get to know them lol

ashley: i have my cont&change notes posted in a thread above, there's brief notes on the theories at the bottom of it. also try the excel text book for brief outline. your teacher is also a good resource lol

EDIT: opps! social change, sorry, not c&c lol umm.... ignore the first step? lol

 

[soulshine]

i've heard of them. and have some notes on them... but i really dont think you need to learn them. perhaps just acknowledge that they exist... i dunno...

 

[freaked]

Conflict, Functionalism, Evolutionary.
Only ones I've heard of

 

[Brookie7]

im pretty sure you are only meant to know the three main ones outlined in the text book. like you said freaked (conflict, functionalist, and evolutionary) the others are extra.

 

[winicat]

briefly what i remember about them

conflict: conflict causes change, marx (theorist)
functionalist: god knows, i never bothered with it lol
evolutionary: change as part of the expansion of the society (i dunno, that could just be me making something up lol)

i don't think i ever really ended up learning these. i just talked about the conflict theory and only ever got 2 or 3 outta 4 for my responses. apparently functionalist is best, and talk about cyclical when they want you to point out negative stuff abouts it.

 

[white_spazzy]

fuctionalist: everyone is society agrees to common norms, morals etc...change comes from an external place. i dun really know too much about this cause we learnt more about conflict theory.

i have good class notes on structural functionalism and conflict theory if anyone wants them.