In the long boom succeeding the Second World War, social welfare policy was widely seen as the state’s intervention in society to secure the well-being of its citizens. This progressivist interpretation of increasing social expenditure by the...

The adjective ‘economic’ is perhaps more appropriate, since when it is discussed by economists, ‘social’ welfare encompasses goods and services but not wider social issues. The modern approach is a fusion of two earlier...

The economic well-being of a society as a whole, often measured by the total volume of goods and services becoming available to it over a given period, i.e. real income. An appropriate measure of welfare is disputable as NATIONAL INCOME accounting does...

Programmes devised to assist the disadvantaged. Adult education has been conceptualized as a welfare provision but this is rapidly changing in Western...

Pat Moynihan was puzzled. He was speaking in March 1994, on an almost deserted Senate floor, about Social Se- curity, but some unlikely people were listening. They were clerks in the front of the chamber -- mostly young law school graduates. "They never...

The next time Robert J. Samuelson decides to write a mean- spirited column, I suggest that he first check his arithmetic ["Welfare Junkies," op-ed, March 24]. While I speak only for myself, my Social Security status is probably typical of a large portion...

More than 3,000 Filipino mothers breast-fed simultaneously in day-care centers and hospitals Wednesday in a campaign to counter advertising claims that artificial baby foods are better than breast milk.Breast-feeding advocates, social welfare officials and UNICEF organized the event _ also hoping to set the first...

The essay touches on a discussion concerning the welfare state and equality. The main focus of the essay invovles the question: Has the welfare state been successful in delivering equality?

Discusses British welfare system reforms between 1980-1914. Explores to what extent were British social welfare reforms of the period c.1880-1914 motivated primarily by humanitarian concerns.

Comparison of the ideas of Foucault and Durkheim analyzing the merits or flaws of the welfare state.