Furthermore, India has witnessed several wars of large proportions; several foreign invaders attacked India in its long history among whom few made this country as their own and tried to force their socio-religious practices which also deteriorated social conditions; the long period of British rule crippled the country and had thrown it into backwardness. Thus, many such reasons may be cited for …show more content…
• Because any issue affects various segments of our population differently, almost nothing is harmful to everyone (e.g., governmental regulation of pollution is a problem to certain business owners, but pollution itself is a problem faced by others)
Subjective and Objective Understandings of Social Problems
• The subjective thesis asserts that social problems exist only insofar as people are aware of them.
• The objective thesis states that the existence of social problems depends on facts, not public awareness.
• The reality of a social problem is partly a matter of objective facts and partly a matter of how individuals subjectively interpret these facts.
Social Movements
• One indication that people recognize an issue as a social problem is the formation of a social movement, an organized effort to encourage or discourage some dimension of social change.
• Typically, social movements pass through four distinct stages:
1) Emergence – people define a situation as problematic and establish an organization to address