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  2. Social cycle theory - Wikipedia

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    Social cycle theories are among the earliest social theories in sociology.Unlike the theory of social evolutionism, which views the evolution of society and human history as progressing in some new, unique direction(s), sociological cycle theory argues that events and stages of society and history generally repeat themselves in cycles.

  3. Strauss–Howe generational theory - Wikipedia

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    The Strauss–Howe generational theory, devised by William Strauss and Neil Howe, describes a theorized recurring generation cycle in American and Western history.According to the theory, historical events are associated with recurring generational personas (archetypes).

  4. Traditional society - Wikipedia

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    Traditional society has often been contrasted with modern industrial society, with figures like Durkheim and Pierre Bourdieu stressing such polarities as community vs. society or mechanical vs. organic solidarity; [3] while Claude Lévi-Strauss saw traditional societies as 'cold' societies in that they refused to allow the historical process to define their social sense of legitimacy.

  5. Sociological theory - Wikipedia

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    A sociological theory is a supposition that intends to consider, analyze, and/or explain objects of social reality from a sociological perspective, [1]: 14 drawing connections between individual concepts in order to organize and substantiate sociological knowledge.

  6. Institutional theory - Wikipedia

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    In sociology and organizational studies, institutional theory is a theory on the deeper and more resilient aspects of social structure. It considers the processes by which structures, including schemes, rules, norms, and routines, become established as authoritative guidelines for social behavior. [1]

  7. Modern monetary theory - Wikipedia

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    September 2020: Degrowth and MMT: A thought Experiment (Jason Hickel) The Modern Money Network is currently headquartered at Columbia University in the city of New York. October 2023: Finding The Money at IMDb is a documentary film about an underdog group of MMT economists on a mission to instigate a paradigm shift by flipping our understanding ...

  8. 2020s in United Kingdom history - Wikipedia

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    The virus began circulating in the country in early 2020, arriving primarily from travel elsewhere in Europe. [22] Various sectors responded, with more widespread public health measures incrementally introduced from March 2020. The first wave was at the time one of the world's largest outbreaks.

  9. Mass society - Wikipedia

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    Mass society is a concept that describes modern society as a monolithic force and yet a disaggregate collection of individuals. The term is often used pejoratively [1] to refer to a society in which bureaucracy and impersonal institutions have replaced some notion of traditional society, leading to social alienation.