Welfare State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23618014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrzej Klimczuk (0000-0002-8072-1152, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118430873.est0406 |
| OpenAlex | W4230145110 |
| ISBN | 9781118430873 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
The welfare state refers to a concept of a state that focuses on ensuring that a broad range of social rights is provided for all citizens by acting on the social mechanisms and consequences of the market economy. In such a state government plays a vital role in balancing social inequalities by providing or subsidizing social benefits and services. This activity is called social policy. Individual countries are characterized by different welfare state models, goals, values, and groups of beneficiaries. Such a state usually supports a recovery from the difficult situation of the population, which is not, itself, able to take care of their basic needs.
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Market economy · Political science · Population · Public economics · Social policy · Social protection · Social Welfare · Sociology · State (computer science) · Subsidy · Welfare · Welfare state · Computer Science · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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The Handbook of Social Policy
European Welfare States
A Comparative Welfare Regime Approach to Global Social Policy
The Politics of Welfare State Retrenchment
Classifying Welfare States
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |