Author Question: What is the purpose of preventive or intervention programs that focus on social reform to address ... (Read 71 times)

casperchen82 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

What is the purpose of preventive or intervention programs that focus on social reform to address social problems?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

With respect to people's opinion about government intervention in addressing social issues, what was the change observed between the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements?

What will be an ideal response?

ricroger · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Programs that focus on social reform involve significant change in some social institutions or social practices. Social reform suggests that the problem stems, at least in part, from some serious failings in social organization or social institutions. Social reform programs aim to reduce the prevalence of such social conditions, and thereby reduce the occurrence of social problems.

Answer to Question 2

The Occupy Wall Street movement was characterized by a considerable support for the government to take responsibility for trying to solve social problems such as crime, poverty, and environmental pollution. The Tea Party movement resulted from pressure due to increasing belief that government can be a hindrance to the solution of many problems and should play only a limited role in attacking them. Some supporters of this movement even promoted the privatization of government services and activities, with businesses and corporations doing many things that government once did.