Outline

Social Movements

Relative Deprivation
Resource Mobilization
Gender and Social Movements
New Social Movements

Theories of Social Change

Evolutionary Theory
Functionalist Theory
Conflict Theory
Global Social Change

Resistance to Social Change

Economic and Cultural Factors
Resistance to Technology

Technology and the Future

Computer Technology
Biotechnology
Technological Accidents

Technology and Society

Culture and Social Interaction
Social Control
Stratification and Inequality

Social Policy and Technology: Privacy and Censorship in a Global Village

The Issue
The Setting
Sociological Insights
Policy Initiatives

Boxes

Research in Action: Global Disconnect
Eye on the Media: Virtual Social Movements
Taking Sociology to Work: Laurel Miller, Executive Producer, Media Technology, McGraw-Hill Companies