Pastoral societies: are those whose livelihood is based
on pasturing of animals, such as cattle, camels,
sheep and goats
Planned social change: a conscientious, deliberate
and purposeful action to achieve a determined
change in the part of a client system
Positive Social Control: the mechanisms which involve
rewarding and encouraging those who abide by
the norms
Post-industrial society: This is a society based on
information, services and high technology, rather
than on raw materials and manufacturing
Post-modernism: is a cultural and aesthetic
phenomenon which mainly rejects order and
progress, objective and universal truth; and
supports the need for recognizing and tolerating
different forms of reality.
Post–structuralism: the theory which focuses on the
power of language in constructing knowledge
and identity.