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" Yet while it can hardly be defined so exactly as "social processes," it is possible to state the idea in general terms. A social problem, as the term is herein understood, means any social situation which attracts the attention of a considerable number... "
Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2001 ... - Page 99
by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1959
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Proceedings of the National Conference of Social Work at the ..., Volume 55

National Conference of Social Work (U.S.). Annual Session - Charities - 1928 - 686 pages
...national organizations. Delineation of social problems. — A social problem has been defined as "a social situation which attracts the attention of a...within a society and appeals to them as calling for adjustment or remedy by social, ie, collective, action of some sort or other."1 When we 'Clarence M....
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American Review, Volume 3

Vivian Trow Thayer - Periodicals - 1925 - 778 pages
...conclusions. "Social Problems" are often but nightmares of the uplifters. For Dr. Case, a social problem is "any social situation which attracts the attention...social, ie, collective action of some kind or other." In other words, it is something that is regarded as a social problem. His treatment of this section...
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Outlines of Introductory Sociology: A Textbook of Readings in Social Science

Clarence Marsh Case - Sociology - 1924 - 1026 pages
...is possible to state the idea in general terms. A social problem, as the term is herein understood, means any social situation which attracts the attention...social, ie, collective, action of some kind or other. The phrase " considerable number " is confessedly vague, but is chosen deliberately to indicate any...
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Sociology and Social Research, Volume 8

Social problems - 1923 - 396 pages
...is possible to state the idea in general terms. A social problem, as the term is herein understood, means any social situation which attracts the attention...social, ie, collective, action of some kind or other. The phrase "considerable number" is confessedly vague, but is chosen deliberately to indicate any number,...
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Proceedings: Selected Papers [of The] Annual Meeting, Volume 55

National Conference on Social Welfare - Charities - 1928 - 728 pages
...national organizations. Delineation of social problems. — A social problem has been defined as "a social situation which attracts the attention of a...within a society and appeals to them as calling for adjustment or remedy by social, ie, collective, action of some sort or other."1 When we 'Clarence M....
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Sociology and Social Research, Volume 8

Social problems - 1923 - 418 pages
...is possible to state the idea in general terms. A social problem, as the term is herein understood, means any social situation which attracts the attention...social, ie, collective, action of some kind or other. The phrase "considerable number" is confessedly vague, but is chosen deliberately to indicate any number,...
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Constructing Social Problems

Malcolm Spector - Social Science - 198 pages
...author to insist that no objective condition, however adverse, could itself constitute a social problem: A social problem means any social situation which...social, ie, collective action of some kind or other. (1924:268) The essential feature of this definition is its socio-psychological character, That is to...
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The American Journal of Sociology, Volume 30

Albion W. Small, Ellsworth Faris, Ernest Watson Burgess - Social sciences - 1925 - 778 pages
...(IX, 4.) PPD X. GENERAL SOCIOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES What Is a Social Problem? — A social problem means any social situation which...number of competent observers within a society, and demands a remedy by social action. It is not merely an objective situation. The number and character...
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