Society in a Global Age - Social Connectedness: Thick to thin?

3 important questions on Society in a Global Age - Social Connectedness: Thick to thin?

What is a society?

Societies are a collection of relationships, involving a sense of connectedness. Societies may exist on a number of different and interconnected levels. 

What is the most powerful factor in shaping the structure and character of modern societies and why?

Industrialization.

It has changed the structure of society with the emergence of social class as organizing principle of society. These class divisions replaced the old fixed social hierarchies of traditional societies. And in urban societies the nature of social connectedness changed from traditional societies characterized by mutual respect to more artificial bonds.

What is meant by the term Gemeinschaft

A community, typically found in traditional societies and linked to natural affection and mutual respect

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