Publisher's Synopsis
Rapid and complex social change over the short-term is now an area of concern to social scientists. This book focuses upon a number of specific instances of such acceleration in different parts of the world - including Russia, Iran, South Africa and Turkey. It examines some of the theoretical issues involved in the ideas of social change and transformation, and the methods for their study.;Hann's previous publications include "Tea and the Domestication of the Turkish State" (1990), "Market Economy and Civil Society in Hungary" (1990) and "Socialism: Ideals, Ideologies and Local Practice" (1993).
