Sentences with phrase «cause social ills»

It is they who are reminding voters that casinos redistribute wealth from the poorest in society up the ladder towards the most affluent, make no contribution to long term economic growth, and cause social ills in the communities where they are built.

It is the opposition to wind power from people like Alan Jones and Sarah Laurie that causes social ill - feeling.

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You can't plausibly take aim at a hundred different social ills and presume to find the cause of them all in the single word «greed.»

Gary, Sabio claims that his beliefs are based on reason and objectivity and yet he totally ignores the objective historical evidence from the failure of atheistic Communism to usher in an earthly Utopia that the cause of man (kind)'s individual and social ills is theistic beliefs.

Conversely, a social evil, such as the decline of the two - parent American family, need not be the cause of all the world's ills, such as the bubble in the housing market.

In its applications to date, population policy in the less - developed countries has often attempted to alter through demography social problems whose causes can be traced to ill - advised or injurious governmental policies.

It's the same mentality that causes ultra conservative sects to think that with their right doctrine and right living they can weed out all moral and social ills.

It shifts the blame and scapegoats dedicated, highly skilled teachers instead of addressing poverty and social ills that are the true causes of chronic under - achievement.

Referencing the report, «Homelessness in Oneida County, NY: Understanding and Addressing a Hidden Social Problem,» written by Social Sciences Associates in support of the Mohawk Valley Housing and Homeless Assistance Coalition and funded by The Oneida County Department of Mental Health, Picente said that data makes it clear there is a problem with chronic homelessness, and that the problem of homelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military service.&Social Problem,» written by Social Sciences Associates in support of the Mohawk Valley Housing and Homeless Assistance Coalition and funded by The Oneida County Department of Mental Health, Picente said that data makes it clear there is a problem with chronic homelessness, and that the problem of homelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military service.&Social Sciences Associates in support of the Mohawk Valley Housing and Homeless Assistance Coalition and funded by The Oneida County Department of Mental Health, Picente said that data makes it clear there is a problem with chronic homelessness, and that the problem of homelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military service.&social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military service.»

For all the human misery they have caused, the household benefit cap is forecast to save just # 110m a year by the DWP, while the bedroom tax will raise just # 490m (and both, as analysts have warned, may end up costing more than they save by increasing homelessness and other social ills).

Some scholars even contend that the genetic code predetermines intelligence and is the root cause of many social ills, including poverty, crime, and violence.

A new wave of studies is showing that oxytocin is neither the cause of our better angels nor a panacea for the world's social ills.

«Addressing loneliness and social isolation could have an important role in the prevention of two of the leading causes of ill health and mortality worldwide,» said lead researcher Nicole Valtorta, a research fellow in the department of health sciences at the University of York.

The social reformer takes activism to a different level because he or she focuses on eradicating the root causes of social ills.

By 1979, our magazine was pointing to animal farming as the cause of a host of ecological, environmental and social ills.

Essentially, all the work cited suggests that in poor, ill - governed countries, where crop failures can cause social and economic stress, bad growing / harvesting seasons can add to the stress.

• the applicants had not attacked any particular piece of legislation, which is both problematic in and of itself and leads to a s. 1 analysis being extremely difficult if not impossible; • courts are ill - suited to reviewing how governments set social priorities; • it appears unlikely that government action is the cause of the situation in which the applicants have found themselves; and • though the door has not been definitely closed, Canadian courts have been extremely reluctant to embrace such «positive rights.»

Pervasive colonial narratives of our culture as lost, less or even worse, the cause of our social ills, is something that I feel compelled to contest.

They are part of a targeted social media campaign for young Aboriginal people to prevent the uptake of smoking, which is still the most preventable cause of early mortality and ill health in Aboriginal people.

And wrapped around and under everything we do, we must seek to address the causes of ill - health and health inequality — the social determinants of health, and in particular issues relating to income, welfare and poverty.

The period from preadolescence into adulthood can furnish major insights into the causes of mental (ill --RRB- health, (mal) adjustment and social development.

HORN: Father absence may not be the sole cause of each of these social ills — but it certainly makes each one worse.