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Social Change, Defined

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Social change is any shift in a society's structure or culture, produced by social movements or external forces like technology, population, and environment.

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A shift in family structure following industrialization illustrates social change driven by an external economic force, not an organized movement.

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Social movements are one driver among several; not every social change traces to a movement's deliberate effort.