- Poverty and Homelessness. …
- Climate Change. …
- Overpopulation. …
- Immigration Stresses. …
- Civil Rights and Racial Discrimination. …
- Gender Inequality. …
- Health Care Availability. …
- Childhood Obesity.
- Poverty. More than 70 percent of the people in the world own less than $10,000 — or roughly 3 percent of total wealth in the world. …
- Religious Conflict & War. …
- Political Polarization. …
- Government Accountability. …
- Education. …
- Food and Water. …
- Health in Developing Nations. …
- Credit Access.
A social problem is an issue within the society that makes it difficult for people to achieve their full potential.
Poverty, unemployment, unequal opportunity, racism, and malnutrition
are examples of social problems. So are substandard housing, employment discrimination, and child abuse and neglect.
- Poverty and Homelessness. Poverty and homelessness are worldwide problems. …
- Climate Change. A warmer, changing climate is a threat to the entire world. …
- Overpopulation. …
- Immigration Stresses. …
- Civil Rights and Racial Discrimination. …
- Gender Inequality. …
- Health Care Availability. …
- Childhood Obesity.
What are some issues in a community?
Example Community Problems:
Adolescent pregnancy, access to clean drinking water, child abuse and neglect, crime, domestic violence, drug use, pollution
, mismanagement of resources, lack of funding for schools and services, ethnic conflict, health disparities, HIV/ AIDS, hunger, inadequate emergency services, …
What are examples of local issues?
| Access to Education Addiction | Long Term Care Maintenance of Infrastructure | Mismanagement Mixed-Use Neighbourhoods | Multiculturalism Nature Conservation | Noise Pollution Overpopulation |
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Some relevant global social problems include
income inequality (poverty)
, corruption, the rise in authoritarianism (erosion of democratic values), criminality, unsustainable development, and bullying in schools.
- Social injustice issues would be things like unfair labor practices, racial discrimination, discrimination due to gender, orientation, ethnicity, age. …
- Anti social behavior,Poverty,Drug abuse,Prostitution. …
- These are are Major social issues that could lead to social injustice.
- Gun Violence | 87% …
- Bully and Cyberbullying | 76% …
- Poverty | 74% …
- Lack of Adult Supervision and Involvement | 73% …
- Racism and Discrimination | 70% …
- Racial Disparities in Child and Adolescent Health | 69% …
- Violence at Schools | 68% …
- Social Media | 65%
- Voting rights. Exercising the right to vote is one of the social justice issues prioritized by the National Association of Social Workers. …
- Climate justice. …
- Healthcare. …
- Refugee crisis. …
- Racial Injustice. …
- Income Gap. …
- Gun Violence. …
- Hunger and food insecurity.
What are examples of issues?
The definition of an issue is something that is discussed, distributed or the offspring of someone. An example of issue is
the subject of abortion
. An example of issue is the latest edition of Family Circle. An example of issue is the children of someone named in a will.
- Information rights and obligations. …
- Property rights and obligations. …
- Accountability and control. …
- System quality. …
- Quality of life.
Social problems are divided into
two types at the individual level and at the collective level
. Problems at the individual level are juvenile delinquency, drug addiction, suicide etc. Problems at collective level arise when the instruments of social control flop to normalize the conduct of its members.
Troubles vs Issues
Personal troubles involve
an individual’s private problems in relation to others
. By contrast, public/social issues are forces which are outside of the personal control of an individual. For living in an environment where there is pervasive poverty, racism, sexism, etc.
A social issue or problem is
an issue that has been recognized by society as a problem that is preventing society from functioning at an optimal level
. It is important to understand that not all things that occur in society are raised to the level of social problems.
- Religion.
- Separation of state and church.
- Prejudice and discrimination.
- War.
- Family.
- Parenthood.
- Bullying.
- Suicide.
