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paternalism
Title: paternalism
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 347 | Pages: 1.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
paternalism
If government tells dependent people how to live today, will we have a more
self-reliant society tomorrow? That's the critical question as government
increasingly seeks to supervise the lives of poor citizens who are dependent on it,
often in return for supporting them. This trend is most visible in welfare policy,
where "welfare reform" largely means attempts to require adults receiving
assistance to work or stay in school in return for aid. However, it can …showed first 75 words of 347 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 347 total…sides of the debate over this controversial issue.
Several chapters address the sensitive question of whether government or private
organizations are best able to implement supervisory programs. The conclusions
are optimistic but cautious. Most of the authors believe that paternalism can make
an important contribution to overcoming poverty. But paternalism is not a panacea,
and it makes severe demands on the capacities of government. Supervisory
programs are difficult to justify politically and to implement well.
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