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    The document discusses social, political, and cultural change. It defines social change as the transformation of social institutions over time, and cultural change as the transformation of culture or the way people live. Political change occurs when rulers lose power or the type of governance changes. Some scholars view social and cultural change as the same, while others see cultural change as broader, encompassing social change and including changes to ideology, technology, and lifestyle. The document also outlines mechanisms that drive social and cultural changes, such as diffusion, invention, and discovery.

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    The document discusses social, political, and cultural change. It defines social change as the transformation of social institutions over time, and cultural change as the transformation of culture or the way people live. Political change occurs when rulers lose power or the type of governance changes. Some scholars view social and cultural change as the same, while others see cultural change as broader, encompassing social change and including changes to ideology, technology, and lifestyle. The document also outlines mechanisms that drive social and cultural changes, such as diffusion, invention, and discovery.

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    The document discusses social, political, and cultural change. It defines social change as the transformation of social institutions over time, and cultural change as the transformation of culture or the way people live. Political change occurs when rulers lose power or the type of governance changes. Some scholars view social and cultural change as the same, while others see cultural change as broader, encompassing social change and including changes to ideology, technology, and lifestyle. The document also outlines mechanisms that drive social and cultural changes, such as diffusion, invention, and discovery.

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    Social, Political

    and Cultural
    Change
    Briefly describe the changes that had taken place based on the pictures.
    Social and Cultural Changes
    Social change is the transformation of social institutions
    over time. Cultural change, on the other hand, is the
    transformation of culture or the way people live.

    Communication is a vital human process. Through


    communication, people exchange information and
    thoughts.
    Political Changes

    Political change happens when the rulers of a country


    lose power or when the type of governance in the country
    changes. Governance is the kind of system or ideology
    used to express authority in a country. It may be a
    democracy, monarchy, oligarchy, and others.
    Difference between Social and Cultural Change
    For the writers like Gillin and Gillin (1954) and Dawson and Gettys
    (1948) there is no difference between social and cultural change.

    According to Dawson and Gettys, “cultural change is social


    change, since all culture is social in its origin, meaning and
    usage”.

    Similarly, Gillin and Gillin wrote: “Social changes as variations


    from the accepted modes of life, whether due to alterations in
    geographic conditions, in cultural equipment, composition of
    population, or ideologies.” For these writers, social change is a
    part of cultural change.
    Cultural change is broader than social change which
    envelops social change also in its fold. For them, society
    is the product of culture. “Culture tends to give direction
    and momentum to social change and to set limits beyond
    which social change may not go” (Dawson and Gettys,
    1048).

    Clarifying the difference MacIver and Page (1959) writes:


    “Social change is a distinct thing from cultural or
    civilization change…. cultural change includes change in
    ideology, administrative system, technology etc.” Cultural
    change indicates changes in the accepted mode of life,
    habit patterns, and the life-style.
    For Davis (1949), “social change is only a part of a
    broader category of change called ‘cultural change’
    cultural change refers to all changes occurring in any
    branch of culture including art, science, technology,
    philosophy etc., as well as changes in the forms and
    rules of social organizations”.

    In a nutshell, it may be said that social change refers


    specifically to alterations in social relationships among
    people in groups, whereas cultural change refers to
    change in material and non-material cultural elements
    both.
    Mechanisms of Change:
    • There are different mechanisms or tools involved in social and cultural
    changes.

    1. Diffusion - is the process through which the cultural traits of one society
    are borrowed, transmitted, and adopted by another and considered as its
    own. Examples: Migration, Globalization

    2. Invention - is the process where new cultural elements are created to


    solve social and cultural problems. Example: Internet

    3. Discovery - is the process where people recognize or gain a better


    understanding of already existing elements present in the environment.
    Example: Scientific research

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