Neighborhood Inequality

Inequality is an adverse effect from no self-control within a social structure related to the social problems of addiction. Gillebaart & Ridder (2015) expressed what control can do for people in article “Effortless Self-Control.” According to “Effortless Self-Control” by Gillebaart & Ridder (2015) reads, “Self-control is regarded as pivotal in human evolution. Self-control is often defined as the ability to inhibit or overrule immediate urges to attain a long term goal (p. 89).” Gillebaart & Ridder’s (2015) understanding to self-control brings insight to how human inequality can be created from social problems like an addiction because of urges. One social problem that influences human inequality is addictions. Addiction is a habit or …show more content…
The mission of National Strategy for Neighborhood Renewal is to increase awareness to targeted groups challenged by stratification and economic deprivation that creates inequality. Monks, Robertson, & Singh (2009) write an article “National Strategy for Neighborhood Renewal” arguing the accountability of social problems. According to the article “Evaluation of a Neighbourhood Health and Wellbeing Programme” by Monks, Robertson, & Singh (2009) reads, “As one project manager put it: There are no such things as hard to reach groups. As soon as services use the term hard to reach they point the finger at the community, as though it is the community that is to blame for service’s inability to communicate with them (p. 34).” In the article by Monks, Robertson, & Singh (2009) conflict is noted which demonstrates a power struggles over social problems. Also, the reading by Monks, Robertson, & Singh (2009) expresses where the solution should come from to resolve the social problem. Consequently, the solution to addiction should be to intervene with an addict’s social structure to redefine norms and values. The intervention will boost equality by reducing stratification and economic deprivations that …show more content…
Survival is developed from interdependent parts that work together for the good as a whole. Functionalist believes it is a society that has no guidelines, norms, or values. Addiction falls under the functionalist perspective because of the selfishness to the disease. The selfishness of the disease with addiction because the interdependent part that functions with society as a whole without norms and values resulting in deviant behavior. The deviant behavior is powerlessness to needs, interest, values, and behavior resulting in no self-control. No self-control leads to poor problem-solving skills and poor decision making creating a society of poverty, crime, low education, high unemployment rate, and health issues. Baumol (1957) stresses how problem solving is important in life with article “On The Role of Marketing Theory.” According to “On The Role of Marketing Theory” by Baumol (1957) reads, “Problem solving is the attempt to reduce uncertainty to tolerable limits so that action can be taken (p. 417).” An addict’s problem-solving skills are based on deviant behavior because an addict is powerless over decision making. Therefore, Baumol (1957) points out that an addict cannot tolerate society’s norms and values. As a result, the social problem of addiction will continue to grow unless problem-solving skills are improving. In addition, social institutions are a great idea