Ableism | Access to Clean Water |
Access to Education | Access to Healthcare |
Addiction | Ageism |
Air Pollution | Animal Welfare |
Anti-competitive Practices | Bullying |
Child Neglect & Abuse | Civil Rights |
Consumer Debt | Corporate Accountability |
Corporate Influence | Corporate Welfare |
Cost of Education | Cost of Healthcare |
Cost of Living | Crime |
Cronyism | Declining Happiness / Life Satisfaction |
Declining Standard of Living | Deflation |
Depressions | Disability Barriers |
Disasters & Emergencies | Discrimination |
Disease | Economic Injustice |
Environmental Injustice | Family Instability |
Family Violence | Food Security |
Fraud | Freedom of Movement |
Freedom of Speech | Gambling |
Government & Corporate Surveillance | Government Accountability |
Government Excesses | Government Transparency |
Gun Violence | High Incarceration Rates |
High Inflation | Homelessness |
Illiteracy | Immigrants' Rights |
Incivility | Information Security |
Institutional / Structural Racism | Lack of Infrastructure |
Lack of Social Safety Net | Land Degradation / Pollution |
Low Wages | Mental Health |
Misinformation | Monopolies |
National Debt | Negative Aspects of Social Media |
Negative Aspects of Technological Change | Neighborhood Disputes / Incivility |
Obesity | Police Accountability |
Political Corruption | Political Instability |
Political Polarization | Poor Working Conditions |
Poverty | Predatory Lending |
Public Safety | Quality of Education |
Quality of Public Services | Racism |
Recessions | Refugees |
Rights & Freedoms | Rights of Children |
Sexism | Social Instability |
Social Isolation | Student Debt |
Substance Abuse | Tax Burden |
Terrorism | Unemployment |
Unhealthy Diets | Unhealthy Products & Services |
Unsafe Products & Services | Vigilantism |
War & Conflict | Water Pollution |
Water Security | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Workplace Health & Safety | Youth Unemployment & Lack of Opportunity |
Economic Problems
Economic problems and their impact on communities in areas such as poverty, debt, cost of living and unemployment.
Social Problems
Problems that directly impact quality of life such as poverty, health, education and housing issues.
Social Justice
Social injustices such as discrimination or unfair exclusion.
Environmental Justice
The impact of environmental damage on communities.
Political Problems
Problems related to political systems, processes and governments.
Social Issues vs Social Problems
Social issues include positive opportunities such as economic growth or education whereas social problems are completely negative. Due to its greater scope, social issues is a more common term.Summary
Social problems include any problems or risks that reduce the quality of life of communities. This includes injustices such as discrimination, problems related to poverty and the impact of environmental degradation on communities.
