Social stability exists for as long as any contradictions among personal civilisations, circle civilisations, social relations and institutions do not disrupt their social operation.
Domain: Change and Interaction
Proposition 060 – Recursiveness of social change
Social changes are recursive: their consequences may themselves become causes of further social change.
Proposition 059 – Change across social circles
Changes within one social circle may affect other social circles and institutions through members and their social relations.
Proposition 058 – Reciprocal social influence
Personal civilisations, circle civilisations, social relations and institutions influence one another reciprocally.
Proposition 057 – Institutional lag
Institutions may lag behind changes in personal and circle civilisations and thereby cause tensions and pressure for change.
Proposition 056 – Resolving lagging personal civilisations
Tensions between a changed circle civilisation and lagging personal civilisations diminish through changes in the personal civilisations or through a decline in the operation of those personal civilisations within the circle.
Proposition 055 – Purposive elite-driven change
An elite may purposively pursue change in a circle civilisation by making other civilisation elements directive, thereby creating tension with members’ personal civilisations.
Proposition 054 – Resolving lagging circle civilisation
Tensions between changed personal civilisations and a lagging circle civilisation diminish through change in the circle civilisation or through a decline in the operation of the divergent personal civilisations.
Proposition 053 – Shared circumstances change circles
Socially shared changes in circumstances may cause similarly directed changes in personal civilisations that affect circle civilisations after a delay.
Proposition 052 – Individual change rarely changes circles
Changes in personal civilisation caused by individual circumstances generally do not affect circle civilisations.