Social Issues Compendium

Introduction
There are three general levels of detail about a specific social engineering challenge.  Each level of detail is useful at certain times to communicate certain things clearly and precisely to others.  The three levels in order of detail from least detail to most detail are the Keyword level, the Social Issues level and the Layer (or Aspect) Level. Each of these levels has a reference publication of the specific information that has been compiled so far relating to each item. 

Social Issues level
There appears to be three general ways the term social issues can be used.  The term appears to be used to refer to inquiries, controversies or conditions in a society.  Many social issues can be stated in more than one way.

Social inquiry -
A social inquiry is an investigation to determine useful information about an aspect of society that is of interest.  An example might be, “Would students make better grades if we paid teachers more money?”  A social inquiry often is presented as a question.

Social controversy -
A social controversy appears to be a discordance regarding certain philosophical beliefs and values between individuals or between societies. An example might be how big government should be.  Social controversies often can be presented on a continuum.  In the example of how big government should be, on one side of the continuum would be no government or may just bare essentials government services such as a military.  On the other side of the continuum might be a government that provides all services needed in a society.

Social conditions -
A social condition appears to be one or more undesirable, missing or substandard outcomes in a society.  An example might be unhealthy air quality in a city. 

Social Issues Compendium (coming soon)

This Social Issues Compendium can be used to find specific information that has been compiled so far relating to each social issue listed.  The information provided on a specific social issue might include the roles of those affected by the social issue, the stakeholders, any observations, listing of beliefs held by at least some individuals relating to the specific social issue, the pertinent needs of those affected by the social issue, any assessments on the fulfillment of those needs and any identified layers of complexity related to the specific social issue.