Social problems

Social problems are problems and difficulties that people often face in society. These include:

• crime
• corruption
• poverty
• homelessness
• hunger
• disease
• drug addiction
• alcoholism
• schizophrenia
• depression
• pollution

See also

• Social issuesAnalysis of the available literature reveals that Sociologists have difference in their perspectives related to the emergence of the concept social problems

They discussed about three major sociological perspectives on social problems; namely functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism. The well known sociologist in America C. Wright Mills (1959) discussing social problems from a sociological perspective.Many of us believe that each social problem has separate entity and must be treated independently. But on the basis of the perspectives developed by Mills, he argues that problems and their solutions don’t just involve individuals, but also have a great deal to do with the social structures in our society.we can discuss social problem as a problem which threatens the society in a large pursuit. Mills (1959)