Domain: Politics and Purposive Change

Purposive action may cause social change when the actor influ­ences the conditions under which civilisation elements are presented to individuals and subsequently disseminated, internalised and institu­tionalised within social circles.

In purposive change of a circle civilisation, newly presented civilisa­tion elements compete with civilisation elements that are already op­erative.

The likelihood that civilisation elements pursued by an actor through purposive action will be internalised increases as they become more comprehensible, plausible and desirable to individuals.

In purposive change of a circle civilisation, the pursued civilisation elements must be internalised by sufficient numbers of individuals and become socially operative within the relevant social circles.

A purposive change in a circle civilisation has succeeded when the pursued civilisation elements have been sufficiently internalised and become sufficiently socially operative to realise and maintain the in­tended condition.

Change in a circle civilisation presupposes that the pursued civilisa­tion elements are internalised by sufficient numbers of individuals and become socially operative within the circle.

An actor may legitimate goals through civilisation elements shared with the actor’s support base.

Purposive change in an existing circle civilisation takes place within a circle civilisation that is already operative.

Purposive action does not require the pursued goal to be formu­lated in operational or measurable terms.

An actor’s pursuit of a goal presupposes that the actor values the intended condition above alternative conditions.