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Social conservatism in the United States is a political ideology focused on the preservation of traditional values and beliefs. It focuses on a concern with moral and social values which proponents of the ideology see as degraded in modern society by liberalism . [ 1 ]
Social policy often deals with wicked problems. [7] The discussion of 'social policy' in the United States and Canada can also apply to governmental policy on social issues such as tackling racism, [8] LGBT issues (such as same-sex marriage) [9] and the legal status of abortion, [10] guns, [11] euthanasia, [12] recreational drugs [13] and ...
As of 2011, the public social spending-to-GDP ratio in the United States was below the OECD average. [7] Total Social Security and Medicare expenditures in 2013 were $1.3 trillion, 8.4% of the $16.3 trillion GNP (2013) and 37% of the total Federal expenditure budget of $3.684 trillion. [8] [9]
Counties in the United States by the percentage of the over 25-year-old population with bachelor's degrees according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates. [51] Counties with higher percentages of bachelor's degrees than the United States as a whole are in full orange.
Social issues in the United States. Subcategories. This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total. A. Abortion in the United States (6 C, 62 P)
Social media users also faced polarization due to social media algorithms, creating an echo chamber for social media users and only exposing themselves to their own beliefs. [ 45 ] Facebook and Twitter, however, are facing intense criticism from lawmakers for their roles in politics, [ 46 ] a criticism that is tied to antitrust concerns.
Hence, social mobility is the deferred offspring of many welfare states including the United States due to their low public spending incentives. Studies conducted on education spending in the United States have shown that as compared to the private funding of education, only 2.7% of the nation's total GDP is spent towards public education. [87]
As of May 2020, “at least ten states had publicly announced state-wide efforts to reduce their youth population behind bars” commensurate with the demands of the pandemic, with the effect that “the number of youth detained in secure facilities dropped by a third between March 1, 2020 and May 1, 2020”. [68]