... see it as the direct result of the latter, as a reaction to the industrial, functional qualities of the modern movement (James-Chakraborty, 2001). From a sociological view-point the two movements can be seen as follows: the modern' movement taking into account the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, and the "postmodern' movement, the changes brought upon us by the Information ... Revolution (Macionis, Plummer, 1998). But, to what extent can it really be said that cities have recently entered a postmodern' stage in their development ... what the modern' and postmodern' mov...

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... many different communities across the world are comprised of differing social, political, and economic factors that a 'one-size-fits-all' approach would simply not work.6 After reading the Silent Revolution in Europe journal I find it most likely to be an example of Sociological Institutionalism. I find this to be true because the article highlights the transformative experience that new generations over ... time have been experiencing in regards to value judgments and priorities in a post-industrial society.7 Inglehart is inclined to think that because the new generation has been ...

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