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DISS-Module - 7 Q2-10-13
DISS-Module - 7 Q2-10-13
DISS-Module - 7 Q2-10-13
A social problem is an issue within the society that makes it difficult for people
to achieve their full potential. Social problems tend to develop when we become
neglectful and fail to see that serious problems are developing. Could these
problems have been prevented if our social institutions had been working well? I
think so, but this is where political philosophies are important to understand. Some
people believe that the government should be very involved in providing services to
people most at risk.
Thus, not all problems are social, unless the discontented persons come in
contact, vocalize their discontentment and associate to do something for its solution.
A problem becomes social when it is communicated to others and the activity of one
person leads to a similar activity for other persons. Thus, a social problem is different
from an individual problem. Individual problem is one which is felt by only one
person or a small group of people.
It does not affect the public at large. Its resolutions lie within the power and
immediate milieu of the individual or group. A public issue however requires a
collective approach for its solutions.
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Definition Sociologist
Those conditions or situations which members of the society Fuller and Myers
regard as a threat to their values‘. Elucidating their ideas, they (1941)
said at other place that it is ‗a condition which is defined by a
considerable number of persons as a deviation from some
social norms which they cherish‘.
‗A situation confronting a group or a section of society which Reinhardt
inflicts injurious consequences that can be handled only
collectively.‘
Hold that a social problem is ‗a problem of human relationship Raab and
which seriously threatens society or impedes the important Selznick (1959)
aspirations of many people‘.
‗A way of behaviour that is regarded by a substantial part of a Merton and
social order as being in violation of one or more generally Nisbet (1961)
accepted or approved norms‘.
A social problem as a ‗deviation from the social ideal Walsh and
remediable by group effort‘. Furfey
A social problem is ‗a condition which many people consider Horton and
undesirable and want to correct. It is a condition affecting a Leslie (1970)
significant number of people in ways considered undesirable,
about which it is felt that something can be done through
collective measures‘.
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Elements of Social Problems:
Though the above cited definitions differ in ways that they are explained, the
following important characteristics may be discerned from them:
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What is It
Analyze the different situations about the various types of social problems.
Write A if the problems of social organization which are created by the way the
community or the society is organized and B if they are problems of deviance having
to do with the adjustment of people to conventional ways of living.
Situation Answer
1. Coral Reef Degradation
2. Gang
3. Cyber Sex
5. Malnutrition
What’s More
A. B.
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