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anomie
condition in which rapid change has dirupted society's ability to adequately regulate and control its members and the old rules that governed people's lives no longer seem to apply
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countermovement
collective action designed to prevent or reverse changes sought or accomplishedby an earlier social movement
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cultural diffusion
process by which beliefs, technology, customs, and other elements of culture spread from one group or society to another
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global climate change
steady rise in Earth's average temperature as a result of increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
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ideology
coherent system of beliefs, values, and ideas
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postindustial society
society in which knowlege, the control of information, and service industries are more important elements of the economy than agriculture or manufacturing and production.
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reform movement
collective action that seeks to change limited aspects of a society but does not seek to alter or replace major social institutions
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revolutionary movement
collective action that attempts to overthrow an entire social system and replace it with another
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social movement
continuous, large scale, organized collectve action motivated by the desire to enact, stop, or reverse change in some area of society
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