Massey, Garth.

Ways of social change : making sense of modern times / Garth Massey. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, c2012. - xvi, 447 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

The personal experience of social change -- Recognizing social change -- Understanding and explaining social change -- Technology, science, and innovation : the social consequences of new knowledge and new ways to do things -- Social movements : human agency and mobilization for change -- War, revolution, and social change : political violence and structured coercion -- Corporations in the modern era : the commercial transformation of material life and culture -- States and social change : the uses of public resources for the common good -- Making social change : engaging a desire for social change.

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Social change.
Technological innovations--Social aspects.
Social movements.
Corporations--Public relations.
War and society.

301.24 / MAS P12W