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Problem

Collapsed tension between care and responsibility

Other Names:
Unclarity over social responsibility for individual welfare
Broader Problems:
Indecision
Conflicting social service ideologies
Narrower Problems:
Regulation discourages care
Unexpressed social compassion
Delusions over responsibility for community improvements
Misrepresentation of self-sufficiency as socially responsible
Aggravates:
Social isolation
Abandoned elderly
Fear of personal insecurity
Declining volunteer services
Individual unfitness for survival
Institutionalized members of society
Denial of rights to vulnerable groups
Inadequate protection of individual welfare
Disengagement of citizens from community activities
Reduces:
Co-dependency
Reduced By:
Custodial democracy
Subject(s):
Society → Social
Society → Individuals
Social Activity → Welfare
Health Care → Care
Psychology → Stress
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-beingGOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
26.04.2000 – 00:00 CEST

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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