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Article: The New Paternalism: Supervisory Approaches to Poverty.(Review)
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- Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
- Article date:
- October 1, 1999
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Lawrence M. Mead, ed. 1997. The New Paternalism: Supervisory Approaches to Poverty. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. 355 pp., paper, ISBN: 0815756518,
The New Paternalism: Supervisory Approaches to Poverty is a collection of original essays by several policy researchers and others who address the need for what the editor, Lawrence M. Mead, has championed for some time--a new paternalism in social programs. These essays read as if they were written by authors cognizant that they ate participating in something new and bold. The chapters often crackle with that excitement and they frequently do indeed offer provocative insights. On the whole, the essays ate ...