SOCIAL CHANGE AS AN ASPECT OF THE INCREASING SCALE OF ORGANIZATION OF SOCIETY ILLUSTRATED IN THE SECTOR OF EDUCATION

Writing on the subject of social change has been characterized by a general and descriptive approach on one hand and a narrow focus on institutions on the other. As conceived here under the hypothesis of increasing scale of organization of society, change in a particular organization is seen as repr...

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Published in:The Kansas journal of sociology 1967-04, Vol.3 (2), p.62-75
Main Author: Razak, W. Nevell
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communities
Community participation
Educational buildings
Social change
Social groups
Social structures
Teacher organizations
Teachers
Territories
Urbanization
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Summary:Writing on the subject of social change has been characterized by a general and descriptive approach on one hand and a narrow focus on institutions on the other. As conceived here under the hypothesis of increasing scale of organization of society, change in a particular organization is seen as representative of and dynamically related to an organizational transformation of the carrying society as a whole. The crucial structural concept is interdependence among groups and their participant memberships. An analysis of changes in the Kansas State Department of Public Instruction, 1854-1952, is presented as an illustration of the hypothesis.
ISSN:0022-8648