Another element is that "they persist for an extended period of time"(Carter p16) and everyone can picture that being true because as you solve one problem another always arises. The last element of a social problem is "generating competing proposed solutions because of varying evaluations from groups in different social positions within a society, which delays reaching consensus on how to attack the problem" (Carter P16). ... The last and final one is the postmodernist orientation which, is an emerging and still controversial approach to studying society. ... If you have less money you are no...

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Dad said he had to keep up on the news and the shows so he could talk about them the next day at work. ... The Real Thing, Like a Rock, Built to Last, Got Milk, Where's the Beef, Just Do It and Just Say No are a few examples of groups, companies and governmental attempts of the cultural industries, very successful attempts, to drive the culture. ... I think to answer this we have to look at the second definition of ethnic from above especially the last line. ...

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Introduction A common contemporary feature across many affluent countries with highly developed economies is the persistence of urban underclass neighborhoods. This phenomenon presents many national and local characteristics, nonetheless a number of common salient features can be pointed out: high unemployment, substance abuse and dependency, widespread delinquency with high incidence of violent crime, low public trust, ethnic polarization, social exclusion, higher than average mortality and morbidity rates, lack of educational qualifications, high rates of teenage pregnancy and single parent ...

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