FROM ISSUE NUMBER 122 - WINTER 1996 GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS
Paternalism and welfare reform
AFTER years of collective denial, most politicians (and welfare policy makers) have finally acknowledged the link between unwed parenthood and long-term welfare dependency, as well as a host of other social problems. But it is one thing to recognize the nature of the problem and quite another to develop a realistic response to it. For, truth be told, there has been a fair amount of wishful thinking about what it takes to help these most disadvantaged parents become self-sufficient.
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