• Sociology: A Global Perspective
       Chapter 16: Social Change

• Review the major ideas of the reading using the "key Concepts" that are boxed and highlighted on the pages of the chapter.

• Locate information on contemporary social movements such as Environmental Preservation and Sustainability, Information On Peace Movements , Labor Issues, Women's Issues , Men's Issues, Civil Rights. Is the Internet an accurate, efficient, and desirable way of spreading information and promoting social change?
• Locate sites that people use to solve every day issues such as finding housing, obtaining news, and purchasing commodities. How does the Internet compare to the face-to-face interaction? What are the social implications?
• http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/parties.htm (Interest Groups).
• http://www.wsu.edu/~amerstu/smc/smcframe.html (Social Movements & Culture).
• http://www.faireconomy.org/ (United for a Fair Economy).

• Discuss the four main agents of social change.
• Discuss the roles of the major agents of social change in the creation and evolution of the Internet.
• Discuss the concepts of globalization-from-above and globalization-from-below as it relates to the Internet.
• Take the practice quiz

This week covers the causes and consequences of social change We will examine the notions of power, authority, and leadership as well as Immanuel Wallerstien's World System Theory.