Social Problems

Social Problems is the official publication of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Social Problems are universal in nature, but their intensity and type change from society to society. Social problems are socially relative. It is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press since 2015 and formerly published by University of California Press. It was established in 1953. Some of the areas covered by the journal include: conflict, social action, and change; crime and juvenile delinquency; drinking and drugs; health, health policy, and health services; mental health; poverty, class, and inequality; racial and ethnic minorities; sexual …

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Data & Society Institute · 24 April 2024 English

Keywords of the Datafied State is a collection of essays on concepts that are central to understanding the relationship between government and technology, and how it differs across geographies. Underlying …

neglect or intentional silence on critical social problems. Data is nei- ther raw44 nor always available;


Data & Society Institute · 24 April 2024 English

Especially since the 2010s, under the guise of public-private partnerships, tech companies have effectively turned the datafied state into a reliant client.14 In these so-called partnerships, companies feign a commit- …

10/ public officials define or prioritize social problems. Nor is there a conversa- clinton-signs-pr


Data & Society Institute · 24 April 2024 English

Instead of thinking of it normatively, the locus of analysis should be on the social context, who is making the demand to whom, and the political context for which specific …

guaranteed solution to 80/21565503.2018.1541418. social problems and, moreover, producing additional data can


Data & Society Institute · 24 April 2024 English

While the concept of data publics is rooted in the western notion of publics as a counterweight to state practices, the Korean case illustrates how data publics can complement, and …

the state that could assist in address- ing social problems utilizing public data and their advanced digital


Data & Society Institute · 23 April 2024 English

ship has taken shape within the master narrative of modernization and 4 Linnet Taylor and Dennis Broeders, “In the Name of Development: Power, progress — using computing and datafication as …

neglect or intentional silence on critical social problems. Data is nei- & Society 2, no. 2 (December


ICG: International Crisis Group · 18 April 2024 English

16 “Memorandum Order 32: Reinforcing the Guidelines for the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police in the Implementation of Measures to Suppress and Prevent Lawless Violence”, …

Philippine governments have acknowledged the social problems the insurgency claims to be fighting to resolve


Policy Exchange · 18 April 2024 English

In doing so, we examine the link between rising levels of multiple and long-term health conditions, pressures upon key public services and the rise in demand for health-related benefits by …

weeks 1. Adrian Massey, Sick Note Britain: How Social Problems Became Medical Issues (London, 2019), p. ix 15. Adrian Massey, Sick Note Britain: How Social Problems Became Medical Issues (London, 2019), p. 6 all” Adrian Massey, Sick Note Britain: How Social Problems Became Medical Issues (London, 2019), p. 258 51. Adrian Massey, Sick Note Britain: How Social Problems Became Medical Issues (London, 2019), p. 145


UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 18 April 2024 English

Young people represent a sizeable and vital population in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). For them, digital technologies are more than just tools; they are gateways to new horizons. Digital …

public sectors leads to disaffection and social problems. The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the


Everybody's Home · 17 April 2024 English

The Roadmap speaks to the following aspects of the Commission’s terms of reference: ▪ The experiences of people struggling to access affordable and suitable housing; ▪ The impacts of current …

the result of other factors, particularly ‘social problems.’ Anglicare Australia disputes this in the


The Hamilton Project · 17 April 2024 English

The authors also provide evidence that a safety net that predicates its inaccessibility to ABAWDs on the grounds of self- sufficiency through work does not recognize the state of the …

Minor Children.” Center on Budget Race and Social Problems 8 (1): 116–35. and Policy Priorities, Washington


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