The Concept of Social Problems: Vox Populi and Sociological Analysis

The case of alcohol abuse and automobile accidents illustrates the moral and political nature of social problems. Knowledge about the causation of automobile accidents is socially organized to document and confirm an image of the alcohol-impaired driver as a public threat. This individualistic definition of the causation of automobile accidents is sustained by various organizations and agencies which claim “ownership” of this social problem and assume political responsibility for its control. Rather than taking the preveiling conceptions of causality and responsibility for granted, consideration of alternative frameworks for defining public problems is an important task for sociological analysis as well as a promising means for policy change.

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The Concept of Social Problems: Vox Populi and Sociological Analysis

Social Problems ◽

10.2307/799900 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 305-315 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Jerome G. Manis

Keyword(s):

Social Problems ◽

Sociological Analysis

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Advocacy Research on Homophobia in Education: Claims-Making, Trauma Construction and the Politics of Evidence

Sociology ◽

10.1177/0038038519858585 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 54 (1) ◽

pp. 89-106 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mark McCormack

Keyword(s):

Social Policy ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Social Problems ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Sociological Analysis ◽

Educational Settings ◽

Ambivalent Relationship ◽

Objective Research ◽

Gain Media

Sociology has an ambivalent relationship with advocacy research because the benefits of participation and engagement must be balanced with concerns about bias. The current study uses 10 recent research reports on homophobia in British educational settings, written and funded by campaigning charities, as a case study of contemporary advocacy research. Presenting a sociological analysis of these documents and adopting a social problems approach, claims-making processes in the reports are documented and significant methodological and analytical flaws are identified. Instead of objective research, these reports are campaigning documents that seek to gain media coverage and influence policy. Implications for how the reports should be used as resources for research and social policy are examined, and a more nuanced and sophisticated approach to engaging with advocacy research is called for.

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The Reflection of Rural Society’s Life in the Novel Mantra Penjinak Ular by Kuntowijoyo A Study of Literature Sociology

ALAYASASTRA ◽

10.36567/aly.v13i1.75 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 92

Author(s):

Nani Mardiani

Keyword(s):

Social Problems ◽

Cultural Background ◽

Cultural Value ◽

The Novel ◽

Sociological Analysis ◽

Sociology Of Literature ◽

Social Culture ◽

The Social ◽

Political Value

This research aims in analyzing Mantra Pejinak Ular, a novel by Kuntowijoyo using sociology of literature approach. The Methods and technique applied in conducting this reseach are reading and understanding the novel completely, collecting and noting the data related to identify the cultural background of the novel Mantra Penjinak Ular by Kuntowijoyo. Furthermore, as sociological analysis of literature was done by investigating the social culture described in the novel Mantra Penjinak Ular. The result of this study is there are three social problems in this novel: cultural value, political value, and love value. Keys Word: people, novel, Javanese culture, sociology of literature

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