Chirot argues that social change in the modern era is driven by cycles that are tied to punctuation points where rapid social change occurs, followed by periods of relative stasis. These cyclical changes do produce a type of development or growth, but that growth occurs in a regular cyclical pattern. He argues that agents of change are both cultural and economic.
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Smith, D. A., & Chirot, D. (1987). Social Change in the Modern Era. Social Forces, 66(1), 293. https://doi.org/10.2307/2578925
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