1. Bartłomiej Grubich
Social change

2. What is „change”?

3. Human
 Evolution of human
kind

4. Human
 Human growth

5. Nature
 Evolution in the nature

6. Everything is changing (?)
 Science
 Culture
 Technology

7. Everything is changing (?)
Everything flows, nothing
stands still.
You could not step twice into
the same river; for other
waters are ever flowing on to
you.
- Heraclitus of Ephesus

8. Everything is changing...
But not John Rambo
He is always the best

9. Change - definition
It is the difference between various
states over time.

10. Social change
 Social change is modification or transformation in
the way how society is organized.
 „Social process” - is sequence of social events.
 „Social progress” - directional process which
brings closer to something good for society.

11. Types of social change
 Endogenous  Exogenous

12. Types of social process
 Social development  Social cycle
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D
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C
B
A

13. Types of social development
 Unilinear  Multilinear
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5 Społeczeństwo A 6 Społeczeństwo A
Społeczeństwo B Społeczeństwo B
Społeczeństwo C Społeczeństwo C
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14. Globalization
What is globalizations?

15. Globalization
 Technology development
 Global market
 Speeding up transport
 Uniformity with diversity

16. Technology development

17. Technology development
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Internet users (%)
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Africa Asia Europe Middle East North America South America Australia & Oceania World

18. Global market
 Export goods (2006)
− 1 172 000 000 000 000 $
 Import goods (2006)
− 12 080 000 000 000 000 $

19. Speeding up transport

20. Uniformity with diversity

21. Globalization
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