Social problems seem to be on the mind of everyone these days. People have all heard about poverty, crime, racism, unemployment, alcoholism, teenage pregnancy, and a host of other things that are thought of as “social problems.” These topics fill our newspaper and dominate much our politics, not mention providing material for dozen books (Farley, 1987: 2).
A social problem may be defined as a condition which many people consider undesirable and want to correct (Horton, 1980: 4). A perfectly integrated society would have no social problems, for all institution and behavior would be neatly by the values of the society. A changing society inevitably develops problems. Either the conditions themselves change and become unacceptable or the society’s changing values defined an old condition as no longer tolerable. Social problems are part of the price of social change (Horton, 1980: 468-469).
References:
Farley, John E. 1987. American Social Problems An Institutional Analysis. New Jersey:
Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs.
A social problem may be defined as a condition which many people consider undesirable and want to correct (Horton, 1980: 4). A perfectly integrated society would have no social problems, for all institution and behavior would be neatly by the values of the society. A changing society inevitably develops problems. Either the conditions themselves change and become unacceptable or the society’s changing values defined an old condition as no longer tolerable. Social problems are part of the price of social change (Horton, 1980: 468-469).
References:
Farley, John E. 1987. American Social Problems An Institutional Analysis. New Jersey:
Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs.
Horton, Paul B and Chester L. Hunt. 1980. Sociology. 5th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Book
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