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Study About The Influence Of Technique Progress To Social Structure

Posted on:2014-11-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L J KeFull Text:PDF
GTID:2267330401472623Subject:Sociology
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In today’s society, science technology develops with a high speed, which has broughtrapid development for political, economic, cultural and other aspects and brought greatchange for individuals and the whole society. From a personal point of view, it is not difficultto find that we without exception are consumers of technology products;from the perspectiveof the state and society, as a tool and instrument of understanding and changing the nature, science technology provides material tools, which deeply affects social producing model andpeople’s lifestyles, promotes the development of social and political civilization, promotes theprogress of the social system, provides spirit of rational means for social development.Therefore, deeply study on the influence of technique progress on the social structure willhave a pivotal role in promoting more rapid and healthy development of the economy, thebuilding of a harmonious society and national policy-making.This research insists the logic and history unified method and system analysis method, Using methods of a combination of empirical study and theoretical research, functionalanalysis and comparative analysis, along with the methods of literature analysis, frominterdisciplinary point of view of the technology philosophy, technology sociology, sociology, economics and other areas, under the guidance of the relationship betweentechnology and social as the theoretical basis. On the functional perspective, this researchinvestigates the relationship between the technology and society, relationship betweentechnique progress and social division of labor and market exchanging, and on this basis, Starting from the concept of social structure, under the guidance of thinking that "structure arecomponents of all linked to each other, structure changes with factors change ", it exploredand revealed the impact of technique progress on the social structure. At the same time, itbriefly analyses the influence of technology progress on the social system structure, culturalstructure and community structure.After Inspecting, collating and study the literatures, we can conclude that:The impactof technique progress on industrial structure mainly in: An leading-industry based industrygroup appeared, the industrial gravity shift from the first industry to secondary and tertiaryindustries, meanwhile the differences in the industry and technical levels has been significantly improved;for consumption, the main consumers expand and are diverse, thegoods are greatly enriched, and the enjoyment consumption occupies a greater space. In theaspect of career, the main labor shift from the first industry to secondary and tertiaryindustries, the career becomes rich, the level of career’s professional improved. The impact oftechnique progress on the social class structure mainly in:by advances in technology,"olive"social structure appeared, that the middle class has grown, the level of workers and peasantsknowledgeable gradually improved, the intellectuals have grown, and gradually from the rigidclass structure to a flexible structure, space between the strata are larger.Therefore, the technology becomes more and more important in this society, only thosewith knowledge and skills can say more, China and the world should spare no effort toactively improve the national education level, using science and technology to educate people.In this way, we not only can improve the individual prestige in society, get wealth and power, but also can increase the level of the country’s economy, maintaining social stability, improvethe comprehensive national strength, to survive in the world. At the same time, our societyfaced large challenges:Firstly, the technical community change the class structure by thecreation of new technical elite, there will be inequality. Then how to solve this inequality?Secondly, more and more people with the technical capacity enter the middle class, themiddle class is "stabilizer" when it is stable, but it is also a "time bomb", if the middle classinternal chaos, the consequences would be disastrous, which will bring greater difficulties tothe government management.
Keywords/Search Tags:technique progress, social structure, technology division of labor andmarket exchange
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