SOC 202 — Social Change and Social Problems.

About this course

SOC 202 Social Change and Social Problems. is a 200 Level course in the Sociology department, taught in the Second Semester. On La-Net Hub you can watch all 29 recorded lectures for free, grouped into 9 series, read the course lecture note online or download it as a PDF, and test yourself with practice questions.

This covers all the video parts in the First Series of SOC 202.

This covers all the video parts in the Second Series of SOC 202.

Lectures in this course

Series 1: Series 1: Foundations and Applications of Sociological Theories. · Part 1

1. Definition of Social Change. 7 minutes 20 seconds
2. Theoretical Perspectives: Evolutionary Theories. 9 minutes 53 seconds
3. Major Sources of Change: Technological Innovations. 7 minutes 16 seconds
4. Social Problems and Social Change: The Relationship. 8 minutes 48 seconds

Series 2: Series 1: Foundations and Applications of Sociological Theories. · Part 2

1. Definition of Social Change. 7 minutes 10 seconds
2. Theoretical Perspectives: Evolutionary Theories. 9 minutes 34 seconds
3. Major Sources of Change: Technological Innovations. 7 minutes 4 seconds
4. Social Problems and Social Change: The Relationship. 8 minutes 33 seconds

Series 3: Series 2: Modernisation, Industrialization and Development in Africa. · Part 1

1. Conceptual Foundations: Modernisation and Industrialization. 12 minutes 7 seconds
2. Historical Trajectories of Development in Africa. 11 minutes 12 seconds
3. Social Consequences of Industrialisation and Modernisation. 12 minutes 1 second

Series 4: Series 2: Modernisation, Industrialization and Development in Africa. · Part 2

1. Conceptual Foundations: Modernisation and Industrialization. 11 minutes 46 seconds
2. Historical Trajectories of Development in Africa. 10 minutes 51 seconds
3. Social Consequences of Industrialisation and Modernisation. 11 minutes 39 seconds

Series 5: Series 3: Institutions, Agents and Dimensions of Social Transformation. · Part 1

1. Definition of Social Transformation. 7 minutes 46 seconds
2. Institutions as Drivers of Transformation. 9 minutes 49 seconds
3. Dimensions of Social Transformation in Africa. 11 minutes 35 seconds

Series 6: Series 3: Institutions, Agents and Dimensions of Social Transformation. · Part 2

1. Definition of Social Transformation. 7 minutes 34 seconds
2. Institutions as Drivers of Transformation. 9 minutes 32 seconds
3. Dimensions of Social Transformation in Africa. 11 minutes 13 seconds

Series 7: Series 4: Family, Law, and the Dynamics of Social Problems. · Part 1

1. Conceptual Foundations of Family and Law. 7 minutes 51 seconds
2. Family structures and Social Change. 7 minutes 8 seconds
3. Understanding Social Problems. 9 minutes 40 seconds

Series 8: Series 4: Family, Law, and the Dynamics of Social Problems. · Part 2

1. Conceptual Foundations of Family and Law. 7 minutes 39 seconds
2. Family structures and Social Change. 6 minutes 53 seconds
3. Understanding Social Problems. 9 minutes 17 seconds

Series 9: Series 5: Maintaining the Consequences of Rapid Change in Developing Societies.

1. Conceptualising Rapid Change in Developing Societies. 7 minutes 21 seconds
2. Economic and Political Consequences. 6 minutes 11 seconds
3. Environmental and Technological Consequences. 9 minutes

Lecture note

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