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Social Change
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Transformation over time of the institutions and culture of a society
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Postindustrial Society
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we are moving beyond the old forms of industrial development
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Information Society/ Knowledge Society
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information or knowledge is basis of the production system; higher-level white-collar occupations specialize in production of information and knowledge
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Postmodern
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history has a shape-- it goes "somewhere" and leads to progress-- & now this notion has collapsed; highly pluralistic and diverse
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Transnational Corporations
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companies that produce goods or market services in more than one country
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External Risk
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dangers such as drought, earthquakes, famines, and storms that spring from the natural world and are unrelated to the actions of humans
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Manufactured Risk
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risks that are created by the effect of our own knowledge and technology on the natural world
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environmental and health risks; outcomes of our own interventions into nature
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