1. Social Change How And Why Sociologists Seek To Understand the Waves Of Society

2. Why Do Societies Change?  Karl Marx  Stage Theorist : Social change happens quickly, not over time  Change must happen to reach a utopian state  In the Ideal society everyone has equal access to resources and everyone contributes their resources for the common good

3. Why Do Societies Change?  Marx Continued…  History is like a Bicycle with to many people  What the Heck does that mean? Conflict

4. Why Do Societies Change?  Emile Durkheim  Believed that diversity makes society stronger  What is diversity? How does it change society?  Hint: think economics  Division of Labor  As division of labor changes, so does society  Ex: Laws: Change form forcing people to do things too preventing a group form infringing upon another  Education increases as a specialized work force is needed

5. Why Do Societies Change?  Durkheim  How does Durkheim differ from Marx?  Unification not conflict is the source of change  What do you think!  Current trends show that conflict is in decline! What does this mean for society? Justify Marx or Durkheim.

7. Why Do Societies Change?  Max Weber  Agreed with Marx: Change is marked by conflict  Agreed with Durkheim: Resources are not the only cause for change  However, he believed that the future was more unpredictable.  Ex: Alternate realities

8. What do you think?  Would you agree more with Marx, Durkheim, or Weber?  Be able to back up your answer with the sociologists theory and a world event!

9. Works Cited  Gabler, Jay. Sociology for Dummies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Pub., 2010. Print