Social crisis

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A social crisis (or alternately a societal crisis) is a crisis in which the basic structure of a society experiences some drastic interruption or decline.

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A social crisis can be sudden and immediate, or it can be some gross societal inequity which might take decades to develop, or it could be a wide range of scenarios or situations which fall somewhere between those conceptual modes. This can include

  • a political crisis such as a coup d'etat, or mass civil disorder, due to political and/or social disorder, due to military conflict, or mass protests, or dysfunction within any part of or the central body of government.
  • an economic crisis which can range from or include a possible financial crisis, currency crisis, or any economic shock, or any breakdown or major dysfunctions within the economic system,
  • or a major upheaval due to a natural disaster, which can include severe weather, or epidemics, or drought, or famine, or other events related to the natural world.

A social crisis can consist of one, some, or all of these factors, in any combination.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Covid-19 as a Social Crisis and Justice Challenge for Cities, Annegret Haase, Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany, accessed June 7, 2022.
  2. ^ Movements, Societal Crisis, and Organizational Theory, Brayden G King,Edward J. Carberry, First published: 15 September 2020, Wiley website.
  3. ^ COVID-19, school closures, and child poverty: a social crisis in the making, The Lancet Public Health ,Volume 5, Issue 5, May 2020, Pages e243-e244, by Wim Van Lancker, Zachary Parolin.
  4. ^ Book Review of Information Inequality: The Deepening Social Crisis in America Herbert I. Schiller, New York: Routledge, 1996.Journal of Government Information Volume 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 120-123 Journal of Government Information.
  5. ^ Economic crisis, structural adjustment and social crisis in Nigeria, Julius O.Ihonvbere, World Development Volume 21, Issue 1, January 1993, Pages 141-153.
  6. ^ THE GLOBAL SOCIAL CRISIS: Report on the World Social Situation 2011 United Nations official website, accessed June 7, 2022.
  7. ^ Lebanon Sinking into One of the Most Severe Global Crises Episodes, amidst Deliberate Inaction, JUNE 1, 2021, World Bank website, accessed June 7, 2022.