Definitions [1]
Harry Johnson: “In its basic sense social change means a change in the social structure.”
Horton and Hunt: “Social change is a change in the social structure and social relationships of the society."
Merril & Elbridge: "Social change means, that large no. of persons are engaging in activities that differ from those which they or their immediate forefathers engaged in some time before."
Gillin & Gillin: "Social changes are variations from the accepted mode of life, whether due to alteration in geographical condition, in cultural equipment, the composition of the population. Or ideologies & whether brought about by diffusion or inventions within the group."
Concepts [4]
- Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society
- Concept of Social Change
- Social Order
- Social Order and Change in Village, Town and City
