Theories of Social Change: A Critical Appraisal

Front cover......Page 1
Front flap......Page 2
Title page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 7
1. Theories of Social Change......Page 10
2. Individual Action, Aggregation Effects and Social Change......Page 34
3. The Laws Governing Change: the Nomological Bias......Page 66
4. Structures and Change: the Structuralist Bias......Page 95
5. The Search for the Prime Mover: the Ontological Bias......Page 126
6. A Well-Tempered Determinism......Page 159
7. Giving Disorder its Due......Page 185
Epilogue: the Snare of Realism......Page 223
1. THEORIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE......Page 233
2. INDIVIDUAL ACTION, AGGREGATION EFFECTS AND SOCIAL CHANGE......Page 235
3. THE LAWS GOVERNING CHANGE: THE NOMOLOGICAL BIAS......Page 237
4. STRUCTURES AND CHANGE: THE STRUCTURALIST BIAS......Page 238
5. THE SEARCH FOR THE PRIME MOVER: THE ONTOLOGICAL BIAS......Page 239
6. A WELL-TEMPERED DETERMINISM......Page 241
7. GIVING DISORDER ITS DUE......Page 242
EPILOGUE......Page 243
Index......Page 244
Back flap......Page 259
Back cover......Page 260