Terms Related to Social Impact

• Social Science

  Disciplines concerned with the interrelationships of individuals in a social environment including social organizations and institutions. Includes Sociology and Anthropology.

• Social Planning

  Interactional process combining investigation, discussion, and agreement by a number of people in the preparation and carrying out of a program to ameliorate conditions of ...

• Human Right

  The rights of the individual to cultural, social, economic, and educational opportunities as provided by society, e.g., right to work, right to education, and right ...

• Social Welfare

  Organized institutions which provide services to ameliorate conditions of need or social pathology in the community.

• Social Class

  A stratum of people with similar position and prestige; includes social stratification. Social class is measured by criteria such as education, occupation, and income.

• Social Environment

  The aggregate of social and cultural institutions, forms, patterns, and processes that influence the life of an individual or community.

• Social Worker

  The use of community resources, individual case work, or group work to promote the adaptive capacities of individuals in relation to their social and economic ...