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The world is at our fingertips, but understanding what is going on has never been more daunting. Garth Massey’s Ways of Social Change is a primer for making sense of both rapidly moving events and the cultural and structural forces on which social life is built, while teaching critical thinking skills needed to understand social change. With an approach that is fresh, timely, challenging, and engaging, Ways of Social Change shows students how social change is both a lived experience and the result of our actions in the world. It invites the reader into the realm of social science, where clarification, understanding, and inquiry provide for both informed opinions and a path to effective involvement. The core of the book focuses on five forces that powerfully influence the direction, scope and speed of social change: science and technology, social movements, war and revolution, large corporations, and the state. A concluding chapter encourages students to examine their own perspectives and offers ways to engage in social change, now and in their lifetime.

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Garth Massey (PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington) is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wyoming where he was Director of International Studies (1998-2008) and a faculty member in Sociology (1974-2008). He has been a visiting professor at the University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (1979-80), the University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia (1986-88), the University of Gödöllö, Hungary (1993-4), Flinders University, Australia (2002), Truman Institute, Israel (2003), and taught in London (1998). His research has been published in the American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, and The American Sociological Review. In addition to Ways of Social Change, he authored Subsistence and Change: Lessons of Agropastoralism in Somalia (Westview) and edits Readings for Sociology (W.W.Norton). He currently lives in Portland, Oregon, writing and working on Indian voting rights.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ SAGE Publications, Inc; 2nd edition (August 4, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1506306624
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1506306629
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.94 x 9 inches

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Customers find the book enlightening and interesting, with one noting how the author presents social change in chronological order. Moreover, they appreciate its readability, describing it as enjoyable at a NYTimes reading level. Additionally, the physical condition of the book receives positive feedback, with customers noting it arrives in very good condition. However, some customers find the book boring at times.

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Customers find the book enlightening and interesting, with one customer noting that the author presents social change in chronological order and provides enough details to make it instructive.

"...Very nice. Another amazing book on social change is McMichael, Philip. Development and Social Change: a Global Perspective. Los Angeles: Sage, 2012." Read more

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"Rented the book for my SOC class at ASU. Book was enjoyable. Boring at times. Good condition for a rental." Read more

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Excellent primer on social change
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2012
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The main theme of this book is social change. The author presents social change in chronological order, with examples. It is enjoyable at a NYTimes reading level. It has enough details to make it instructive. Very nice. Another amazing book on social change is McMichael, Philip. Development and Social Change: a Global Perspective. Los Angeles: Sage, 2012.

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Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2017
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Arrived in great condition and helps a lot with my schoolwork. I'm currently taking SOC 352 with Dr. Harrison and have referred to this book a lot with all our assignments and discussions.

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I READ EVERY PAGE and loved it. I was a little bored on one ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2017
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I had to read this for ASU. BUT, I READ EVERY PAGE and loved it. I was a little bored on one chapter concerning modern warfare. This history on the Jim Crow laws was a little rough to follow, I wish they place a photo of the time line and it was heavily quizzed in my social change class.

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JULIE PERAZA
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Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2016
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This book is very repetitive and kind of drags.

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Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2018
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The book is really good, and interesting.

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Clarissa Guerra
great introduction to social change
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2013
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This book proved to be an easy read. It was enlightening and insightful as well as well written. Easy enough for undergrads to understand as an introductory book

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Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2017
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in very good condition

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Rented the book for my SOC class at ASU. Book was enjoyable. Boring at times. Good condition for a rental.

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