2.1 Learning Outcomes
This chapter offers you the opportunity to:
- Explain how the sociological perspective is applied to social change.
- Describe the structure and organization of society as it relates to social change.
- Discuss the patterns and process of social change.
- Explain how sociology views environmental change and issues as social topics.
definition
the way human interactions and relationships transform cultural and social institutions over time.
a science guided by the understanding that the social matters: our lives are affected, not only by our individual characteristics but by our place in the social world, not only by natural forces but by their social dimension.
