Word: paternalisme
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Oscar Handlin notes that faculty-student relations before 1969 "later came to seem paternalistic." They were paternalistic. Paternalism seems to be what Harvey Mansfield longs for: he complains that faculty members don't get the respect due to age, learning, and position. In my experience they get this respect--probably...
Even humanitarian aid, unconnected with gross political manuevering, is ultimately a false answer. Though some good is done, some lives saved and changed for the better, humanitarian aid has powerful negative effects. Essentially, it places the burden of change on the individual, neglecting the social roots of his condition. The...
Helping Hand. Venezuela has consistently refused to give its neighbors any break on oil prices. The government has announced, however, that it is setting aside all revenues received from Central American nations in excess of $6 per bbl. (the oil now sells for about $10.44 per bbl.), and is lending...
What is gained by alarming Americans to the potentialities of population is lost by the ineffectiveness of American efforts toward family planning in the world--too many over and undertones of imperialism and paternalism.
The imminent elevation of the miner's position to that of workers in other industries comes during a period of change for the coal industry. American energy needs will require a doubling of coal production by 1980. The coal industry, which has undergone a longterm decline since the disappearance of...