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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| The Nature of Social Change | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Defining and Measuring Social Change | |
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| Theories of Change | |
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| Development and Evolution | |
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| Cyclical Change and the Functionalist Perspective | |
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| Ideas and the Social Psychological Approach | |
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| Stress and Resistance to Change | |
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| A Framework | |
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| Rapid, Direct Change | |
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| Indirect, Gradual Change | |
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| Mediating and Moderating Variables | |
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| Directionality and Social Change | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Myth of Modernisation? | |
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| Individualisation | |
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| Globalisation | |
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| Critiques of Modernisation and Related Theories | |
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| Summary | |
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| More Beautiful than a Monkey: The Achievement of Intimacy | |
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| The Formation of Intimacy in a Modern World | |
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| Choosing a Partner: Evidence from across the Globe | |
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| Becoming Attached or Staying Single | |
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| Social Networks, Dating, and the Internet "Revolution" | |
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| Summary | |
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| Friends and Social Networks | |
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| Patterns of Friendship over Time | |
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| Friendship during Times of Rapid Change | |
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| Social Capital | |
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| Changing Social Capital in Communist Societies Trust | |
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| Changing Social Capital? A Critique | |
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| Social Support and Social Change | |
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| Migrants, Social Capital, and Social Support | |
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| Support Following Terrorist Attacks | |
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| Summary | |
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| Sex and the Modern City | |
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| Homosexuality | |
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| Contraception and Abortion | |
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| Sexual Disease | |
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| Summary | |
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| Marriage and the Family | |
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| The Family and Marriage | |
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| Debating the Changes | |
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| Historical Interpretations | |
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| Marital Sentiment over Time | |
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| Gender Roles and the Role of Fathers | |
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| The Role of Fathers | |
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| Gender Roles and Fertility Rates | |
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| The Rise of Cohabitation | |
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| Technology and the Family | |
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| Rapid Change: Some Examples | |
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| Eastern Europe | |
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| Asia | |
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| The Middle East | |
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| War and Migration | |
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| Resilience | |
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| Patterns of Adaptation | |
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| Simply Adapting? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Modelling Social Change and Relationships | |
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| On Changing and Nonchanging Relationships | |
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| Looking Forward | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |