Social Reviewer

Gender Inequality

Discrimination of the other gender. Injustice or unfair treatment towards another gender. Example:In some countries, women aren't allowed to go to school.

Climate Change

A global problem that is happening because of global warming. Characteristics:Greenhouse gases, melting of glaciers, global warming, rise of sea level. Example:Flooding of cities due to the melting of glaciers.

Levels of society:

locality,nationstate, region and world

Locality

Smallest unit of society like village, city, town, or small community.

Nation-state

Composed of territory, people, government, and sovereignty.

Regions

Geographical division of continents.

World

Includes the whole world, global scale.

Disasters

Beyond human control, natural phenomena that have already impacted a certain place. Sudden catastrophic events. Two types:natural and man-made. Example of natural disaster:Typhoon Yolanda. Example of man-made disaster:Second Sino-Japanese War.

Hazards

Create risk for disasters. Mitigation:Lessen effects of the hazard.

Types of natural hazards:

Hydrological

Hazards related to water forms.

Climatological

Hazards related to temperature.

Geophysical

Hazards found on landforms.

Meteorological

Hazards found above the earth.

Biological

Hazards related to diseases.

Man-Made/Technological Hazards

Hazards caused by human activities and neglect.

Socio-Natural Hazards

Natural hazards worsened by human activity.

Climate Change

Long-term shifts in temperature or weather patterns, usually caused by human activities.

Preparation for disasters:

Disaster risk reduction

Creates policies and laws.

Disaster risk management

Implements and applies the laws created.

Labor force

People over 15 who contribute to the production of goods and services in a country.

Employed

Persons in the labor force who are at work or in a business.

Unemployed

Persons who are part of the labor force but are not working.

Underemployed

People who are working but have higher qualifications than their current job.

Re-entrant

Person who used to be on a full-time job but took a break due to health or other reasons.

New entrant

Fresh from college and ready to be employed.

Types of Unemployment:

Frictional Unemployment

Temporarily jobless while transitioning from one job to another.

Structural Unemployment

Mismatch between skills and qualifications of workers.

Cyclical Unemployment

Unemployment that rises during economic downturns.

Classical Unemployment

Occurs when wages are inflexible and do not respond to supply and demand.

Politcal issues

they are issues on the government

Economical issues

they are issues related to the wellbeing of the society

Social issues

 issues related to the environment

nation

imagined community

state

A product of laws

Territory

This is where a certain people live

people

They are the people who lives in the territory

government

This is the people who implements rules and law for the people and the territory

sovereignity

this is where the nation joins other nations