Final Exam Answer #5:
Paternalism and Rigid Competitive Group Relations have been known to be associated with Agrarian subsistence technology and industrialization. According to Thomas and Buckmaster (2010) Paternalism is referred to as “government as a benign parent”, it is a view that correlates with government as a whole having more control over various aspects of society. For example, paternalism can relate to government mandated smoking restrictions in restaurants and public places, because government mandated smoking restrictions are not allowing individuals to smoke freely wherever they please as they were in many places. Rigid competitive group relations according to the article “INDUSTRIALIZATION AND DOMINANT-MINORITY RELATIONS” (n.d.)…
