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social issue
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problem that influences a considerable number of individuals within a society
Research
125,215 papers- Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Social Behavior.Neuron · 2018
- Social Inequality, Life Course Transitions, and Adolescent Development: Introduction to the Special Issue.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2017
- Newcomer adjustment during organizational socialization: a meta-analytic review of antecedents, outcomes, and methods.The Journal of applied psychology · 2007
- How does cognition shape social relationships?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2018
- Face2face: advancing the science of social interaction.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023
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- problem
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- Category:Social issues
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- Social issues
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Encyclopedic overview
A social issue is a problem that affects many people within a society. It is a group of common problems in present-day society that many people strive to solve. It is often the consequence of factors extending beyond an individual's control. Social issues are the source of conflicting opinions on the grounds of what is perceived as morally correct or incorrect personal life or interpersonal social life decisions. Social issues are distinguished from economic issues; however, some issues (such as immigration) have both social and economic aspects. Some issues do not fall into either category, such as warfare.
Exemplary for social issues was the so-called social question in the beginning of the industrial revolution. Growing poverty on one and growing population and materialistic wealth on the other hand caused tension between very rich and poorest people inside society.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “social issue” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.