social change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsocialandchange
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social
adjective
uk/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/us/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofsocialandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The majorsocialchangewith demographic implications is undoubtedly the new roles of women.
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Planning technical andsocialchangein irrigated areas.
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Another but contrasting reason is that the non-heterosexual experience of ageing and old age provides valuable insights into the personal consequences ofsocialchange.
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Such rapidsocialchangehas contributed to new social welfare demands, as people increasingly seek government assistance in caring for children and elderly parents.
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The process ofsocialchangethat had begun to affect creole men had greater repercussions in the case of women.
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His view thatsocialchangedepends on a spontaneous transformation of the individual is dismissed as a premise for collective inaction.
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Only then can we comprehend them more fully as products ofsocialchange.
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There are, though, also arguments thatsocialchangein itself creates new opportunities for support in parenting from different sources.
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Puppets also act as modifying agents in theatre for development andsocialchange.
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Yet, in a sense, both were part of his overall orientation towardssocialchangeand democracy.
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This last refers to states that are jammed between the external pressure of the global economy and internal forces ofsocialchange.
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They also point vividly upwards to the absence of supportive political scripts amid ruthless, market-driven processes of globalsocialchange.
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But because it is a lifecycle experience, that does not mean that it is in any way indicative of a widersocialchange.
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In such a view, lasting and effectivesocialchangeis dependent on the inner change or transformation of individuals.
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At the same time, rock began to be seen as a force for political andsocialchange.
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Liberians today continue to privilege strong leadership over the accountability and experimentation that fosters open, adaptive,socialchange.
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Similarly, the electoral gains can be said to have strengthened legality and the rule of law, foundations for peacefulsocialchange.
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Both generations experienced restrictions andsocialchangebut of different kinds : the differences led to different views of life and different personal and inter-personal concerns.
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