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The measurement of social change
Papers presented at the the March 3-5, 1959, western joint computer conference on XX - IRE-AIEE-ACM '59 (Western), 1959Is it possible to build a synoptic instrument, similar to a telescope or a radar network, for viewing one's own society? How may we interpret the myriads of social activities that are presently undertaken? Preliminary explorations suggest that we need sensing techniques, or transducers, that pick up changes going on inside the society.
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What Are Social Change Makers and Social Change Organisations?
2023This chapter develops the core concepts of the book – social change makers (SCM) and social change organisations (SCO). The first part of the chapter focuses on the SCMs and explains that a biographical perspective is needed to understand their involvement in SCOs.
Silke Roth, Clare Saunders
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Social media for social change in science
Science, 2018<p>Letter to the editor, 13 April 2018.</p>
Imogen Coe +3 more
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Pediatrics, 1966
"A nation's greatness is measured by its concern for the health and welfare of its people. Throughout our democracy this commitment has grown and deepened. . . . With these programs and those I am recommending today, we can move closer to attainment of our goals: to bring every child the care he needs to develop his capacity to the fullest; to reduce ...
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"A nation's greatness is measured by its concern for the health and welfare of its people. Throughout our democracy this commitment has grown and deepened. . . . With these programs and those I am recommending today, we can move closer to attainment of our goals: to bring every child the care he needs to develop his capacity to the fullest; to reduce ...
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1989
The most interesting transformations of organized forms of social interaction resulting in social change emerged from new social movements which appeared in mid-sixties and continue to influence our societies until the present day.
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The most interesting transformations of organized forms of social interaction resulting in social change emerged from new social movements which appeared in mid-sixties and continue to influence our societies until the present day.
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1985
Societies change for many different reasons. There may be physical conditions such as drought, flooding or crop failure which necessitate a change in production and living patterns, or migration. For example the potato famine of 1846 resulted in a mass exodus of rural Irish peasantry to the urban areas of America and Britain.
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Societies change for many different reasons. There may be physical conditions such as drought, flooding or crop failure which necessitate a change in production and living patterns, or migration. For example the potato famine of 1846 resulted in a mass exodus of rural Irish peasantry to the urban areas of America and Britain.
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1985
In Britain in 1801 about three quarters of the population lived in rural areas, by 1901 one quarter did. This process of ‘urbanisation’ has continued during the present century and it is only since the 1970s that the process appears to have halted, and to a limited extent reversed.
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In Britain in 1801 about three quarters of the population lived in rural areas, by 1901 one quarter did. This process of ‘urbanisation’ has continued during the present century and it is only since the 1970s that the process appears to have halted, and to a limited extent reversed.
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2002
Aim of this chapter is to discuss the relationship between women's life courses and social change. Women's patterns of life and expectations have changed more fundamentally than those of men, but often in a contradictory way. It is important to recognise the role of women as actors of change in two senses.
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Aim of this chapter is to discuss the relationship between women's life courses and social change. Women's patterns of life and expectations have changed more fundamentally than those of men, but often in a contradictory way. It is important to recognise the role of women as actors of change in two senses.
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Time, Social Change, and Social Work
Social Work in Health Care, 1984The nature of time and social change is considered from two points of view, the linear and the synergistic. The implications of both for social work in health care are considered, related to the teachings of Hyman J. Weiner and to an ecological perspective.
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Positive Psychotherapy and Social Change
2010The debate around health and well-being is increasingly expanding in our societies, among professionals, researchers, policy-makers, non-profit organizations, and political movements. This phenomenon reflects the relevance of this issue, at the same time shedding light on the ambiguities it endorses and the contradictory attitudes of society towards ...
Delle Fave A., FAVA, GIOVANNI ANDREA
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