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Social Change And Social Action, Bernard J. Coughlin, S. K. Khinduka
Social Change And Social Action, Bernard J. Coughlin, S. K. Khinduka
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
We define social action as a strategy to obtain limited social change at the intermediate or macro levels of society which is generally used in nonconsensus situations and employs both "norm-adhering" and "norm-testing" modes of intervention. In this formulation, the key concept is social change. This paper proposes to explore certain aspects of social change as they apply to social action.
The discussion is divided into two parts. The first is a brief summary of pertinent social change theory, presented as background for part two in which are presented and discussed certain propositions about planned change that are critical to …
The Mystique Of Expertise In Social Services: An Alaska Example, Dorothy M. Jones
The Mystique Of Expertise In Social Services: An Alaska Example, Dorothy M. Jones
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
In this paper I shall examine the roots and manifestations of the mystique of expertise, its consequences for agency evaluation practices, and its consequences for clients.