CONEXIUNI TEORETICE SOCIOECONOMICE: TEORIILE SCHIMBĂRII SOCIALE
SOCIAL-ECONOMIC THEORETICAL CONNECTIONS: THEORIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE

Summary/Abstract: The problematic nature of social change is evidenced by the diversity of the conceptions held by the earliest sociologists as well as by the wide variety of theories they generated. The opinions expressed in specialist literature, including those aimed at clarifying concepts, do not overlap completely. On the contrary, beyond the areas of contact and interchange, there exist different points of view, ranging from nuanced positions on the same issue to contrasts that can overshadow the understanding of phenomena and processes at the core of social change. Generally, we speak of social change when referring to modernisation, globalisation, regional development, and urbanisation and additionally when considering the human resources side, more exactly the behaviours and attitudes of groups of people. This article does not delve into the details of each theory, but rather aims to group them according to two perspectives, i.e. the systemic and the modern. The research has a documentation and theoretical intent, seeking to provide a summary of key views of social change. The method used relies on documentation and the theoretical analysis of the phenomenon in the social, economic and cultural fields.

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