It takes time and a great deal of confidence to adapt to changes in social structures.

With political change came changes in social structure and religious development that exalted the hierarchy.

Changes in social structure are said to be overdetermined by numerous contradictions.

The main changes in social structure were military.

He displays a certain antipathy to rapid changes in social structure and values.

Establishing internal markets thus means having to free up services for the public good, which in turn means great changes in social structure.

Changes in social structure are thus likely to be accompanied by changes in the function of component institutions.

There has also been an effort to apply this mechanism to social phenomena, whereby population increases result in changes in social structure.

The United States was often fiercely opposed to even moderate changes in social structures, for example the land reform in Guatemala in the early 1950s.

(DE) Mr President, life and work have changed radically in rural areas through the transformation of society, changes in social structure and dramatic demographic change.

To emphasise that changes in social structures relate to numerous contradictions, Althusser describes these changes as "overdetermined", using a term taken from Sigmund Freud.

Apart from the fact that they can be measured, movements such as these are interesting because they can be used to explain other conjonctures, particularly changes in social structure.

That kind of history, he said, is "keenly attuned to changing standards of emotional expression, bodily control and personal interaction, and seeking to correlate these with larger changes in social structure."

The results showed a continuous history of settlement and exemplified an understanding of the changes in social structures during the gradual transition from the Nubian-Christian empire to the period of Ottoman rule.

Mr President, Mrs García Arias' report sets out demographic changes and changes in social structure in Europe today and the need to adapt services and resources to this new reality.

The changes in social structure to accommodate dragons and aviators make good sense; the conflict Laurence has with his family and his onetime fiancée as a result adds a great deal to the depth of the story.

The increase in household use was partly due to changes in social structure, such as an increasing number of households, and also by changes in private lifestyles demanding more and more convenience and comfort.

What is unique about Social Revolutions, she says, is that basic changes in social structure and political structure occur in a mutually reinforcing fashion and these changes occur through intense sociopolitical conflict.

His reasoning for this was that the powerful modern state was needed to push changes in social structure that allowed for a competitive capitalist economy, and that a capitalist economy required a strong state to mitigate its harsher effects.

Religious and cultural organizations turned its back to the needs of the society, changes in social structure was unthinkable, obedience without questioning to the kings and autocrats was the law of the land, That was the world in the first half of the 20th century.