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CHAPTER SIX

AN OVERVIEW OF SOCIAL

PATHOLOGIES

Learning Objectives

After learning this chapter, students are expected to:

• Define the concept of social pathology/ problem;


• Appreciate the social and non-biological
  determinants of the various forms of problems
  that individuals suffer from in society;


• Understand why social pathologies occur in a
  given society;


• Describe the various forms of social pathologies
  of the contemporary society; and


• Be aware of the range, extent and major types
  of social problems/ pathologies in contemporary
  Ethiopia; and explain the socio-political and
  historical factors and bases of these problems.