Barkatullah University

Legal studies and

research SUBMITTED TO – DR. SAVITA SINGH MAM
SUBMITTED BY :ABHI TIWARI
SUBJECT : SOCIOLOGY
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
2ND SEMESTER (BALLB)
ROLL NO. : 2 (TWO)
MOBILE NO. : 8319124741
EMAIL ID. :AVI.TIWARI202@GMAIL.COM
INTRODUCTION
In the latest news
A girl lives at a village in
rajasthan ,at the age of 13
she is forced to get
Married .
Her dream was to become
an IAS officer but due to
bad economic conditions
in her family she cannot
persue her further studies.
 Meaning of SOCIAL PROBLEM

 SOCIAL problems are the result of the failure of a

society to adapt its social institutions and culture
to its growing needs. Social problems, therefore,
are man-made.
 Social problems, therefore, are man-made.
 No one individual or a few individuals are
responsible for the appearance of a socially
problematic situation, and the control of this
situation is also beyond the ability of one or few
person.
Definitions by sociologists

 According to Clarence marsh case, “Social problem refers to any

social situation which in a society attracts the attention of a large
number of qualified observers, and is social, i.e. Collective,
reconciled or solved by some form of action or the other.” urges
them to do so.

 “Social problems are man’s unfulfilled aspirations for welfare.

~ Landis
 “A way of behaviour that is regarded by a substantial part of a
social order as being in violation of one or more generally accepted
or approved norms”.
~Merton and Nisbet (1971)
Theories of social problem
STRUCTURE
FUNCTIONALISM
Social problems weaken a
society’s stability but do not
reflect fundamental faults
in how the society is
structured. Solutions to
social problems should take
the form of gradual social
reform rather than sudden
and far-reaching change.
Despite their negative
effects, social problems
often also serve important
functions for society.
CONFLICT THEORY
Social problems arise from
fundamental faults in the
structure of a society and
both reflect and reinforce
inequalities based on social
class, race, gender, and
other dimensions.
Successful solutions to
social problems must
involve far-reaching
change in the structure of
society.
SYMBOLIC
INTERACTIONISM
Social problems arise from
the interaction of
individuals. People who
engage in socially
problematic behaviors
often learn these behaviors
from other people.
Individuals also learn their
perceptions of social
problems from other
people.
METHODS OF STUDYING SOCIAL
PROBLEM
 Case study method – detail oriented
 Social survey method – Interview and
questnaire based
 Multiple factor method – relationship
between multiple factors like economic
status ,marital ,family and residential
background
 TYPES OF SOCIAL PROBLEM

ANTI
FAMILIALISM &
ELDER ABUSE
 TYPES OF SOCIAL PROBLEM

• INEQUALITY – GENDER, CASTE, RELIGION ,COLOUR,

IDENTITY ,STATUS, CREED ....
• POVERTY
• POLLUTION
• ORPHAN CHILDREN / CHILD TRAFFICKING – LABOUR
• TERRORISM – WAR – ARMS AND AMMUNITION
TRAFFICKING
• POPULATION EXPLOSION
• BEGGARY
• DOWRY / DOWRY DEATHS
Methods to eradicate social
problems
 QUANTITATIVE & QUALITATIVE METHODS
 Survey , statistical data , demogrqphoc features , face
to face conversations , observation method , sampling
method , comparitive ( anthropological method )
basically through field and textual view.
 GOVERNMENT SCHEMES
 LAWS
 FREE AND FAIR JUSTICE SYSTEM
 CONCLUSION

“ Violence never brings permanent peace. It

solves no social problem: it merely creates
new and more complicated ones.

~Martin luther

EVERY SOCIAL PROBLEM IS INTERLINKED

”
AND EVERYONE IS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
CONNECTED TO A SOCIAL PROBLEM .