Social change.

Social change is the central problem of sociology. Sociologists have explained the question on how social change comes about largely by the close analysis of particular change processes and by refining definitions. Social change theories encompass a very broad range of phenomena, including short-term, and long term, large-scale and small scale changes. Social change refers to any significant alteration over time in behaviour patterns and cultural values and norms. In functionalism, social change is represented …

…little emphasis upon the middle class or the petite bourgeoisie. Changes may not happen since the middle class can play their role to bridge the distance between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. There are many factors for social change to happen. Thus we should not depend on only one perspective of social change. Though Functionalism and Marxism failed to provide adequate explanation on this area, they provide the ground for further studies by future sociologists.