Social Problem in Stuart Isaacs

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Social Problem in Stuart Isaacs

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SOCIAL PROBLEM

ESSAY ON SOCIAL PROBLEM Social problem is being regarded as the state or condition which influence many peopleof community. The social problem which occur in the community will be considered asundesirable and hence it demands immediate action from the side of government. However, ifthe government does not take any action with regard to the same at that time economic efficiencyof the country will be impacted in a negative way (Best, 2010). Social problem is totally different from the individual problem. As Stuart Isaacs hasspecified in his book that the difficulties which revolves around an individual will not beconsidered or being counted under the category of social problem (Isaacs, 2014). For example,the problem such as personal trauma, relationship problem and financial trouble are beingcounted under the category of individual problem. However, this does not mean that allindividual problems does not come under category of social problem (Tsemberis, 2011). Forexample, there are some issues which happens with the individual person, but still these comesunder the class of social problem. Such problems include racism, unemployment, homophobia,poverty and homelessness etc. In addition to this, Stuart Isaacs and other authors have alsoentailed that the problem will become the social problem when it tends to affect the large numberof individuals who live in society. In this regard, it can be said that the chosen social problem for the present essay is relatedwith homelessness. In this regard, Stuart Isaacs have explored different reasons behind theoccurrence of cited problem such as homelessness. The major reasons which it has identified isrelated with poverty and unemployment. In this regard, as per the view point of Kidd, (2007)people become homeless when they do not have any source of generating the income. In additionto this, social exclusion is another factor which is identified by Stuart Isaacs in his book as theissue behind homelessness in United kingdom. Social exclusion is the practice of excluding thepeople from the society. There are number of instances happen which restrict individual from therights and opportunities being taken by other person. Here, one of the most common cause forthe same is person belonging to the minority group (Robertson and Greenblatt, 2013). Due to thegiven circumstances, respective individual will be excluded from availing different social rightsand one of the most common consequences of the same is homelessness. Hence, it is veryessential for the government of UK that it should take necessary actions with regard to the givenproblem. This is because, if not taken then in the given circumstance the problem could become

worst and the impact of same will be seen upon the economy of the nation in an effective way. Inaccordance with the given context, as per the view point of Fitzpatrick and Jones (2005)homelessness is often confused with rough sleepers, but it is not correct. Rough sleepers is beingregarded as one of the component of homelessness. However, according to the view point ofCrane and et.al., (2005) homelessness is the condition in which people does not have any placewhich they can call as home. This does not mean that the people who does not home will likelyto sleep in street only. This is because, they have some other options too such as sleeping inhostel and friend home. Besides this, there are some other reasons explored for the condition such ashomelessness in UK which have not being identified by Stuart Isaacs and other authors. Catonand et.al., (2005) have stated that homelessness is caused by complex interconnection betweenperson's individual circumstances and different structural factors which are outside the control ofperson. Hence, it is correct to said that it is not necessary that unemployment, social exclusionand poverty are being regarded as the three main problem behind homelessness in UK. In thisregard, Hyde, (2005) has depicted that there are some individual factors also which takes shelterfrom the head of person and as a result of it they become homeless. The individual factorsconsist of lack of social support, the condition such as debt, relationship break down and poormental and health condition etc. In addition to this, the problem which occur in the family also lead to the condition likehomelessness. For example, a small disputes which happens between the members of family willlead to breakdown the relationship between different them. Hence, there are severalconsequences associated with the given dispute and among all one of the major consequence isrelated with the homelessness. Furthermore, there are some structural causes also which leads tothe homelessness and it includes unemployment, poverty, housing policies and lack of affordablehousing etc (What causes homelessness?, 2016). In this context, it has been seen that with an aimto build a home an individual will require sufficient amount of money. If they will not get thatthe most common cause of the same will be homelessness. Hence, in order to fulfill the needrelating to the money, person will tend to indulge themselves in some other illegal activities suchas drug selling and stealing thing from others etc. Hence, it is correct to said that thehomelessness is the major social problem in UK. This is because, it tends to impact the several

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