<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <text> <s id="1"> <w id="w1.1">Various</w> <w id="w1.2">factors</w> <w id="w1.3">instigate</w> <w id="w1.4">social</w> <w id="w1.5">change</w> <w id="w1.6">.</w> </s> <s id="2"> <w id="w2.1">Social</w> <w id="w2.2">change</w> <w id="w2.3">is</w> <w id="w2.4">also</w> <w id="w2.5">brought</w> <w id="w2.6">about</w> <w id="w2.7">by</w> <w id="w2.8">generations</w> <w id="w2.9">.</w> </s> <s id="3"> <w id="w3.1">Not</w> <w id="w3.2">only</w> <w id="w3.3">sociological</w> <w id="w3.4">theories</w> <w id="w3.5">and</w> <w id="w3.6">hypothesis</w> <w id="w3.7">,</w> <w id="w3.8">but</w> <w id="w3.9">also</w> <w id="w3.10">the</w> <w id="w3.11">conclusions</w> <w id="w3.12">of</w> <w id="w3.13">observers</w> <w id="w3.14">and</w> <w id="w3.15">analysts</w> <w id="w3.16">of</w> <w id="w3.17">social</w> <w id="w3.18">life</w> <w id="w3.19">-</w> <w id="w3.20">publicists</w> <w id="w3.21">,</w> <w id="w3.22">writers</w> <w id="w3.23">,</w> <w id="w3.24">and</w> <w id="w3.25">ordinary</w> <w id="w3.26">people</w> <w id="w3.27">show</w> <w id="w3.28">the</w> <w id="w3.29">significance</w> <w id="w3.30">of</w> <w id="w3.31">generational</w> <w id="w3.32">change</w> <w id="w3.33">.</w> </s> <s id="4"> <w id="w4.1">It</w> <w id="w4.2">is</w> <w id="w4.3">frequently</w> <w id="w4.4">stated</w> <w id="w4.5">that</w> <w id="w4.6">if</w> <w id="w4.7">generational</w> <w id="w4.8">change</w> <w id="w4.9">is</w> <w id="w4.10">not</w> <w id="w4.11">taking</w> <w id="w4.12">place</w> <w id="w4.13">,</w> <w id="w4.14">the</w> <w id="w4.15">world</w> <w id="w4.16">is</w> <w id="w4.17">not</w> <w id="w4.18">moving</w> <w id="w4.19">forward</w> <w id="w4.20">.</w> </s> <s id="5"> <w id="w5.1">What</w> <w id="w5.2">is</w> <w id="w5.3">characteristic</w> <w id="w5.4">of</w> <w id="w5.5">such</w> <w id="w5.6">moments</w> <w id="w5.7">are</w> <w id="w5.8">the</w> <w id="w5.9">expectations</w> <w id="w5.10">harboured</w> <w id="w5.11">by</w> <w id="w5.12">the</w> <w id="w5.13">society</w> <w id="w5.14">and</w> <w id="w5.15">the</w> <w id="w5.16">hopes</w> <w id="w5.17">connected</w>