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...motivation, despair and self-defeat that result from a ‘culture of poverty’. As the third and fourth quotations suggest, Mead was not persuaded by the standard explanations for dependency. To him, the main cause of poverty ‘is no longer social injustice but the disorders of (dependants’) private lives’ (Mead, 1997, p. 15). This view is echoed by some...

...motive for mass surveillance. It's hard to believe any ethical institution would behave in a way - e.g. using mass instead of targeted surveillance - that jeopardises its core functions - e.g. preventing terrorist attacks - and instead devote its energies to protecting and growing the institution. Yet you don't need to be an expert in management or organisational...

...motives for constructing a more extensive border wall. For instance, the head of the union representing US Border Patrol staff argues that this will greatly improve security. It’s normal for states to want to control their borders for a whole host of reasons, including sovereignty, security, economics and cultural demography. The US-Mexico border is the only part of the...