Chapter 7

I really enjoyed reading this chapter the best. It was more interesting and kept me going. chugging on like a little train... toot toot. I thought that Palmer set up his argument for the need of social change well. I liked how he outlined the stages of social change and then later went into more detail. Changing a system is very hard and time consuming and requires a lot of planning. But however hard social change becomes, there is always the push for something different and better, which is great. So whether the is change that is happening for cleaner air, better educational system, betterment for people's rights, it is possible that it can change as long as there is that desire, push, organization... change will slowly come about. I liked the part when Palmer said, " As a movement goes public, the identity and integrity of it's participants are tested against the great diversity of values and visions at work in the public arena. We must stay close to our own integrity in this complex field of forces, where we an easily lose our way. But we must also risk opening ourselves to conflicting influences, for in that way both the movement and out integrity can grow."