Welfare State
The welfare state is a form of government in which the state protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of the citizens, based upon the principles of equal opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for citizens unable to avail themselves of the minimal provisions for a good life. Sociologist T. H. Marshall described the modern welfare state as a distinctive combination of democracy, welfare, and capitalism.As a type of mixed economy, the welfare state funds the governmental institutions for health care and education along with direct benefits given to individual citizens. Early features of the welfare state, …
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EC: European Commission · 1 July 2024 English
Since the end of inheritance and gift tax in 2008, there has been hardly any data on the distribution and volume of inheritances in Austria. Voluntary household surveys capture past …
address the financial challenges facing the welfare state in light of demographic changes. These interventions … Countries: The Role of Income, Inheritance and the Welfare State. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities …
The Health Foundation · 25 March 2024
Options for funding reform The next government has a mix of options for reforming social care funding, based on political choices about social care spending and the balance of responsibility …
against social care costs is a glaring gap in our welfare state. Many people think social care works like the … reform the broken system – leaving a gap in our welfare state. Ending this cycle should be a priority for …
BC: Bevan Commission · 2024 English
J. Quadagno 2003. Public attitudes toward welfare state policies: a comparative analysis of 24 nations …
BASW: British Association of Social Workers · 2024 English
Social workers need to experience hope if they are to engender a sense of hope in those they support, and the Campaign Action Pack is an ethical tool for hope. …
services, low wage insecure work, erosion of the welfare state, increasing privatisation of the NHS and never-ending … started with the early dismantling of the welfare state alongside diminished investment in deprived …
AIATSIS: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies · 2024 English
Digitalisation and the welfare state – how First Nations people experienced digitalised social security … ACT, Australia Abstract Digitalisation of the welfare state has intensified in recent years, with burdens … Cashless Debit Card, digitalisation of the welfare state, income management, Indigenous peoples, intersectional … bielefeld@canberra.edu.au Special Issue: The Digital Welfare State: Contestations, Considerations and Entanglements … strategies for digitalisation proliferate in the welfare state, with ever increasing data collection about …
INSPQ: Canada Institut national de santé publique Québec · 2024 French
diffusion and policy transfer in comparative Welfare State research. Social Policy & Administration, 47(1) … diffusion and policy transfer in comparative welfare state research Obinger, H., Schmitt, C. et Starke …
WOAH: World Organisation for Animal Health · 2024 English
education. The WOAH Guiding Principles for Animal Welfare state that such a use makes a major contribution to …
T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health · 2024 English
S V, Berkman L, Hertzman C, Kawachi I. The welfare state as a context for children's development: a …
Brookings Institution, Hamilton Project · 2024 English
Poverty Line Since 1967: The Role of the U.S. Welfare State.” American Sociological Re- view 88 (5): 782–809 …
APSP: Africa Platform for Social Protection · 2024 English
opportunities. » As a fourth pillar of the larger welfare State, it contributes to the sustainability of the … (2022 b) frames care as a fourth pillar of the welfare State together with education, health and social security …
