dependency culture

Psychologically it would be so good for the community to move on from a dependency culture.

In a word, the dependency culture should be replaced by an enterprise one.

There are lots of things we could do to support children which would not trap them in a dependency culture.

Government officials say they wanted to wean the arts from a "dependency culture."

"We don't want to create a dependency culture in Africa," he said.

The dependency culture breaks down when they think they can walk.

The dependency culture here is so deep, though, this logic is very new.

They should try to break free of the dependency culture that they have slipped into.

If the public are asked how they feel about dependency culture, then of course they will condemn it.

In prosperous times this dependency culture would be unsustainable.

It is this that leads to the dependency culture predominant among deaf people in integrated education.

The Conservative government has attempted to replace what it sees as a dependency culture by an enterprise culture.

Information from these two sources will shed light on the extent of 'dependency culture' and the reasons for it.

This reflects the Conservative government's concern that people should not be drawn into what is called the 'dependency culture'.

We have seen it with the dumping of cheap food and clothes, devastating industries and encouraging a dependency culture.

Compliance and complacency are the manifest behaviours associated with an infantile dependency culture.

There are fears that the oil boom could overwhelm local traditions and replace Danish subsidies with a new dependency culture.

As IDS has pointed out, it traps people in a dependency culture, depriving them of the opportunity to help themselves.

Labour has encouraged a dependency culture with handouts and free housing - we all know it - why don't you Ms Roberts?

They attribute the cause of the growth in crime to a general permissiveness in society and a dependency culture among those who survive on welfare benefits.

An important side-effect of both these objectives has been the significant increase in the numbers caught in the dependency culture of means-tested assistance.

A Welfare State or Dependency Culture?

There have also been moves to reduce reliance on the Welfare State and to change the dependency culture by increasing self-reliance (see Chapter 5).

The phrases now in vogue include "weaning the Afghans off Nato" and "not creating a dependency culture."

To enthusiasts, it meant the passing of 'the dependency culture' in favour of a new wave of enterprise and individualism.