"Social Changes in Brazil 1945-1985: The Incomplete Transition", ed. Edmar L. Bacha and Herbert S. Klein (Book Review)

1991 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 353
Author(s):  
JOHN GLEDSON
Keyword(s):  
Social Changes

scholarly journals SEARCHING FOR MECHANISMS OF SOCIAL CHANGES IN CONTEMPORARY UKRAINE

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 89-91
Author(s):  
A. Rezaev ◽  
V. Starikov ◽  
N. Tregubova
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
The University

Book Review: Savelyev Y. Multidimensional modernity: social inclusion in assessment of social development: monograph / Yuriy Savelyev. – K. : VPC "The University of Kyiv", 2017. – 447 p. [in Ukrainian]

scholarly journals Book Review: Same-Sex Marriage: A Reference Handbook, 2nd ed.

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 306
Author(s):  
Madeline Veitch
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Key Players

This second edition of David E. Newton’s handbook on same-sex marriage provides a useful introduction to the topic. including chronologies, statistics, legal documents, and biographical profiles of key players and organizations. When compared with the 2010 edition, it provides a much-needed update on an issue that has seen considerable political and social changes in recent years. While it could prove quite useful to general, high school, and early undergraduate audiences, more advanced researchers may find it to be too broad an overview.

scholarly journals Book Review: Social Changes in a Global World by Ulrike Schuerkens

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ligia E Toutant
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
Global World

Walden University’s social change approach is an essential part of its vision and is transmitted through the academic work and knowledge of its graduates, who are trained to find solutions to critical societal challenges in pursuit of advancing the greater global good. Schuerkens’ <em>Social Changes in a Global World</em> can serve as a compendium for the Walden family and others interested in this topic. The author examines how social transformations and changes are connected to issues of power and political influence; how transformations and changes have been influenced by concepts of modernity, progress, and rationalization; how transformations and changes differ in various contexts and geographical areas. The author explores globalization through both anthropological and sociological lenses along with the distinct journeys of humanity in developing and industrialized nations that are now seemingly merging and sharing commercial and cultural interests. The audience for this book may include academics, higher education practitioners, individuals concerned with global civil society, and political activists.

scholarly journals Where is Trauma Society Heading? A book review: Toshchenko Zh.T. Obshchestvo Travmy: Mezhdu Evolyutsiei i Revolyutsiei (Opyt Teoreticheskogo i Empiricheskogo Analiza). [Society of Trauma: Between Evolution and Revolution (Experience of Theoretical and Ap

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 194-201
Author(s):  
Valentin G. Nemirovskiy
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Trauma Society ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

This review evaluates the monograph which follows up the cycle of seminal works on the controversial issues of social changes written by the prominent Russian sociologist — Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences RAS Zh.T. Toshchenko. His focus is on understudied aspects of the concept of a “trauma society”. This concept characterizes the situation of a specific modality, an intermediate option between the evolutionary and revolutionary paths of development. The concept of “sociology of life”, which has been repeatedly used by the author, is advantageous in terms of the theoretical understanding of this situation. Using solid statistical data, the monograph shows the apparent insufficiency of such concepts as “democratic and authoritarian path of development” when it comes to describing the evolution of any country. It is difficult to disagree with the author’s opinion, which states that these are ineffective as criteria for social progress or regression. Of undoubted interest for specialists is the typology of modern societies of trauma that is given in the work. This typology is based on the factors that have generated a socially traumatic situation. The monograph pays special attention to the manifestations of trauma in Russian society. The author’s extensive use of the results of representative empirical studies is an important advantage of the work. The monograph reveals the precise contours of an innovative academic project, which serves as a fundamental basis for further researching the complicated and poorly studied phenomenon of “society of trauma”.

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