Social issue
A distinct but related meaning of the term "social issue" (used particularly in the United States) refers to topics of national political interest, over which the public is deeply divided and which are the subject of intense partisan advocacy, debate, and voting.
Generic types of social issues, along with examples of each, are as follows: Unemployment rates vary by region, gender, educational attainment, and ethnic group.
Infectious diseases are often public health concerns because they can spread quickly and easily, affecting large numbers of people.
The World Health Organization has an acute interest in combating infectious disease outbreaks by minimizing their geographic and numerical spread and treating the affected.
Other conditions for which there is not yet a cure or even effective treatment, such as dementia, can be viewed as public health concerns in the long run.
[7] Inequality is the root of several social problems that occur when factors such as gender, disability, race, and age may affect the way a person is treated.
As a result, social problems can be raised by the unequal distribution of funding between public schools, such as that seen in the United States.
[8] The weak organizational policy in the place and the lack of communication between public schools and the federal government have led to major effects on the future generation.
Other issues may include education, lack of literacy and numeracy, corruption, school truancy, violence and bullying in schools, religious intolerance, immigration, political and religious extremism, discrimination of all sorts, the role of women, aging populations, gender issues, sexual orientation, unplanned parenthood, teenage pregnancy, child labour, war, inflation, wage inequality and many more.
For instance, the sense of cultural isolation normally results from a deterioration of economic, social, and health conditions compared to those living off reserves.
[19] This discrimination based on age results in refusing jobs to qualified and willing candidates, while such negative attitudes are further legitimized by mass media.
It could be further seen in the failure of Canadian social institutions to meet the needs of the dependent aged within a systematic approach (e.g. trend of eldercare increasingly considered as a private matter rather than a public one and political leniency to "non-system" for elder care, as in the United States) and representation (e.g. non-representation of the stigmatized's oppressed voice to shape social institutions in ways that meet their needs).
The term "social issue" has a broad meaning in the United States, as it refers not only to ills to be solved but also to any topic of widespread debate, involving deeply-held values and beliefs.
Examples include academic cheating, church-state separation, hacking, evolution education, gangs, hate speech, suicide, urban sprawl, and unions.
In the United States, the federal prison system has been unable to keep up with the steady increase of inmates over the past few years, causing major overcrowding.
Hate crimes can be committed as the result of hate-motivated behaviour, prejudice, and intolerance due to sexual orientation, gender expression, biological sex, ethnicity, race, religion, disability, or any other identity.
[29] Former first lady Michelle Obama and Partnership for a Healthier America have proposed new rules that would limit junk food marketing in public schools.
Mass media may use propaganda as a means to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view, or to maintain the viewer's attention.
The ALR is enforced when a person is caught drinking and driving and found guilty, resulting in the loss of their license for a full year.
Additional social issues India is ranked 75 out of 179 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, but its score has improved consistently from 2.7 in 2002 to 3.1 in 2011.
[34] The chief economic consequences of corruption are the loss to the exchequer and an increase in the cost of government-subsidised services, the unhealthy climate for investment, political instability, and unprincipled ethics.
The TI India study estimates the monetary value of petty corruption in eleven basic services provided by the government, such as education, healthcare, judiciary, police, etc., to be approximately Rs.21,068 crores.
a revelation of tax evasion (Panama Papers' Leak) case involving several high-profile celebrities and businessmen has increased the number of corruption charges against the elite of the country.
[36] The World Bank in 2011, based on 2005's PPPs International Comparison Program,[37] estimated 23.6% of the Indian population, or about 276 million people, lived below $1.25 per day on purchasing power parity.
[38][39] According to the United Nation's Millennium Development Goal (MDG) programme, 270 million out of 1.2 billion Indians, or 21.9% of the population, lived below the poverty line of $1.25 between 2011 and 2012 (as compared to 41.6% between 2004 and 2005).
[40] The regions with long term terrorist activities today are Jammu and Kashmir (state-sponsored terrorism), Central India (Naxalism), and Seven Sister States (independence and autonomy movements).
Reverend Bernd Siggelkow, founder of the Berlin-based soup kitchen "Die Arche," claimed that many German children go hungry each day.
He blamed the lack of jobs, low welfare payments, and parents who were drug-addicted or mentally ill.[43] Siggelkow has been criticized by some people who said there was no hunger in Germany.
SPD politician and board member of the German central bank, Thilo Sarrazin, said it was possible to live on welfare without going hungry if one did not buy fast food and cooked from scratch instead.
In the 1970s, radical leftist terrorist organizations, such as the Red Army Faction, engaged in a string of assassinations and kidnappings against political and business figures.
