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Social issues are matters which directly or indirectly affects many or all members of a society
Society

A society is a group of humans characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals that share a distinctive culture and/or institutions....
 and are considered to be problems, controversies related to moral values, or both.

Social issues include poverty, violence
Violence

Violence is the expression of physical force against self or other, compelling action against one's will on pain of being hurt. Variant uses of the term refer to the destruction of non-living objects ....
, pollution, injustice, suppression of human rights, discrimination, and crime, as well as abortion, gay marriage, gun control, autism, and the teaching of evolution, religion, the sun, to name a few.

Social issues are related to the fabric of the community
Community

In biological terms, a community is a group of interacting organisms sharing an environment .In human communities, intention, belief, Natural resource, preferences, Need assessment, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the Identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness....
, including conflicts among the interests of community members, and lie beyond the control of any one individual.








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Social issues are matters which directly or indirectly affects many or all members of a society
Society

A society is a group of humans characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals that share a distinctive culture and/or institutions....
 and are considered to be problems, controversies related to moral values, or both.

Social issues include poverty, violence
Violence

Violence is the expression of physical force against self or other, compelling action against one's will on pain of being hurt. Variant uses of the term refer to the destruction of non-living objects ....
, pollution, injustice, suppression of human rights, discrimination, and crime, as well as abortion, gay marriage, gun control, autism, and the teaching of evolution, religion, the sun, to name a few.

Social issues are related to the fabric of the community
Community

In biological terms, a community is a group of interacting organisms sharing an environment .In human communities, intention, belief, Natural resource, preferences, Need assessment, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the Identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness....
, including conflicts among the interests of community members, and lie beyond the control of any one individual.

See also

  • Abuse
    Abuse

    Abuse refers to the use or treatment of something that is harmful. It can be classed by the target of abuse or the type of abuse....
  • Adolescent pregnancy
  • Crime
    Crime

    Societies define Crime as the breach of one or more rules or laws for which some Government or force may ultimately prescribe a punishment.The word crime originates from the Latin crimen , from the Latin root cerno and Greek ????? = "I judge"....
  • Censorship
    Censorship

    Censorship is the suppression of freedom of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful or sensitive, as determined by a censor....
  • Discrimination
    Discrimination

    Discrimination toward or against a person or group is the treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit. It is usually associated with prejudice....
  • Drug abuse
    Drug abuse

    Drug abuse has a huge range of definitions related to taking a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect....
  • Extremism
    Extremism

    Extremism is a term used to describe the actions or Ideology of individuals or groups outside the perceived political center of a society; or otherwise claimed to violate common moral standards....
  • Family values
    Family values

    Family values is a political and social concept used in various cultures to describe values that are believed to be traditional in that culture and in support of the idea that Nuclear family are the basic units of culture....
  • Gay rights
  • Gun control
  • HIV/AIDS


  • Justice
    Justice

    Justice is the concept of morality rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, fairness and equity."...
  • List of sociology topics
    List of sociology topics

    This is a list of topics covered in sociology.This is a shorter list: List of basic sociology topics....
  • Marginalisation
  • Migration
    Human migration

    Human migration denotes any movement by humans from one district to another, sometimes over long distances or in large groups.Migration is one of the four evolutionary forces ...
  • Peace
    Peace

    Peace is a term that most commonly refers to an absence of aggression, violence or hostility, but which also represents a larger concept wherein there are healthy or newly-healed interpersonal relationship or international relations, safety in matters of social or economic welfare, the acknowledgment of equality and fairness in political re...
  • Pollution
    Pollution

    Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms ....
  • Population
    Population

    File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
  • Poverty
    Poverty

    Poverty is the shortage of common things such as food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water, all of which determine our quality of life. It may also include the lack of access to opportunities such as education and employment which aid the escape from poverty and/or allow one to enjoy the respect of fellow citizens....
  • Racism
    Racism

    Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that Race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race....
  • Social discrimination
  • Social equality
    Social equality

    Social equality is a society state of affairs in which all people within a specific society or isolated group have the same status in a certain respect....


  • Social exclusion
    Social exclusion

    Social Exclusion has no agreed to, defined, or specific single application, though one suggested definition is as follows:Social exclusion is a multidimensional process of progressive social rupture, detaching groups and individuals from social relations and institutions and preventing them from full participation in the normal, normatively...
  • Social integration
    Social integration

    Social integration, in sociology and other social sciences, is the movement of minority groups such as ethnic minorities, refugees and underprivileged sections of a society into the mainstream of the society....
  • Social isolation
    Social isolation

    Social isolation can contribute toward many emotional, behavioural and physical disorders including anxiety, panic attacks, eating disorders, addictions, substance abuse, violent behaviour and overall disease....
  • Social issues in the United States
    Social issues in the United States

    Social issues are matters which directly or indirectly affect many or all members of a society and are considered to be problems, controversies related to moral values, or both....
  • Social rejection
    Social rejection

    Social rejection occurs when an individual is deliberately excluded from a interpersonal relationship or social interaction. The topic includes both interpersonal rejection and romantic rejection....
  • Social work
    Social work

    Social work is a discipline involving the application of social theory and research methods to study and improve the lives of people, groups, and societies....
  • Society
    Society

    A society is a group of humans characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals that share a distinctive culture and/or institutions....
  • Sociology
    Sociology

    Sociology is a branch of the social sciences that uses systematic methods of Empiricism and critical theory to develop and refine a body of knowledge about human social structure and activity, sometimes with the goal of applying such knowledge to the pursuit of social welfare....
  • Unemployment
    Unemployment

    File:World map of countries by rate of unemployment.pngUnemployment occurs when a person is available to work and currently seeking work, but the person is without Wage labour....
  • War
    War

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