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Social issues are matters that can be explained only by factors outside an individual’s control and immediate environment.


Articles on social issues are broken down by country. See:

Social issues in the United States as perceived by social justice advocates and other groups and commentators include an unequal educational system, poverty, high rates of crime and incarceration, and lack of access to quality health care. ... The German social market economy (soziale Marktwirtschaft) helped bring about the economic miracle that rebuilt Germany from ashes after World War II to one of the most impressive economies in Europe. ...

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In sociology, social action refer to any action that takes into account actions and reactions of another individuals (real or imagined) and is modified based on those events. ... In positivist sociology, a social fact is an abstraction external to the individual which constrains that individuals actions. ... Social issues are matters that can be explained only by factors outside an individual’s control and immediate environment. ...

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Social problems in Chinatown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2132 words)
Such social problems have been the subject for several Hollywood police films such as The Corruptor (set in New York's Chinatown but filmed in Toronto 's), starring Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat, and Year of the Dragon with Mickey Rourke.
Social ills such as homelessness and drug-related problems occur with some Chinatowns in urban areas.
Social problems aside, several longtime popular and historic Chinese restaurants have also closed in the Chinatowns of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Toronto, thus leading to the decline.
Housing and Urban Policy (2157 words)
The central issues are the problems of poverty and exclusion.
Social segregation by housing officers has contributed to this process in the past, but it equally happens in the private sector where there this has not happened.
The problems with high-rise blocks have been lack of play space, isolation, disposal of rubbish; noise insulation, reliance on lifts which are often dirty, vandalised or broken; inadequate water pressure, and insecurity because of fears of fire, building movement or crime.
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