The Sustainability Revolution portrait of a paradigm shift

The Sustainability Revolution Portrait of a Paradigm Shift

By Andres R . Edwards and David W . Orr

Introduction

Social change is the termed used to describe a concept or an issue that affects the general society or the group of individuals sharing the same culture or values . Social change is often viewed in two aspects namely its significant effect to the mentality and social concept and the range of the society it affects implying its sort of measurement nature . The application and actual nature of this term is variable determined by the

characteristics of the change it promotes in the society namely whether beneficial or detrimental to the condition and state of the social group . In the actual perspective , social change are varies in nature where manifesting as an act of advocacy , a sort of event or action , a social behavior , and others which all promote a change in the present or the normative state of the social condition

In the history of the development of the society , several social changes have already transformed the development of the social structure and their development course . In the past , some examples of social changes in the past are the use of contraception particularly birth control pills as related to the population and marital realm in the society , the electoral system development incorporating women as the result of the female suffragist 's action for equality , and the acceptance of the concept of homosexuality in the social structure These social changes have caused the development of the present social community to their contemporary state in the modern period . In the present , several social change issues are still influence the social behavior of the population namely the information technology structure which it now integrating their influence in the respective lives of the people . This in turn , has caused their presence to become a significant factor in the present state of modernity of the present social culture transforming the present society to become dependent upon the technology for their daily needs and activities

Modernization on the other hand is mainly the concept in the field of social sciences describing the process of social development occurring through the system of urbanization , industrialization and other social changes that transform the lifestyles of the people . Often this concept is viewed as the product of the evolutionary pattern of the society in their development towards achieving a better approach towards their needs . Progress is the main determinant of the nature of this concept as observable in the life conditions of the people . Indeed , modernization can be observed in most critical social aspects and structure relevant to the daily activities of the population

The present state of modernization is primarily product the different stages of development that occurred in the previous periods . Each development stage produces a new standard of progress in the society wherein this respective level manifests as a better approach than the previous one in terms of the betterment of the condition of the population . Examples of the dominant...