The majority of those who have a reasonably satisfactory understanding of the welfare state will agree that the definition entails; a nation whereby the government undertake appropriate action...
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In her article, "To Fulfill Their `Rightly Needs': Consumerism and the National Welfare Rights Movement," Felicia Kornbluh reflects on the relationship between welfare departments and the lower...
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"The only people who can't get free money in this country are the ones too stupid to fill out the paperwork," the wise Gerard Reda once said. Welfare: the word alone should have a positive connotati...
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After 1880 reforms were being introduced that began to improve Britain, many in particular by the Liberals from 1906 onwards. However was this happening for the benefit of the people and their humani...
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In 1996, our nation's Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. This act, commonly referred to as "welfare reform", replaced the 61-year-old Aid to Families ...
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Harare/Johannesburg (dpa) - An organization representing aid
groups in Zimbabwe Tuesday urged its members to remain calm in the
wake of claims by the information minister th...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
HEALTH MINISTRY'S ETHICS (IHT/Asahi as translated from the
Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published Sept. 2)
We are amaz...
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Raising beetles or sorting coffee beans to weed out those ruined
by worms and mildew are some of the efforts being made at workplaces
for disabled people in Japan to develop high value-added ...
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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 ...
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Harare (dpa) - The Zimbabwean government has published tight new
regulations for the registration of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), after a cabinet minister said the...
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Hong Kong (dpa) - The family of a Hong Kong man who died in 1990
continued to receive disability allowances for him for 15 years after
his death, an investigation revealed F...
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Manila (dpa) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has
ordered the Department of Justice to work for the immediate release
of hundreds of children still in jails in...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
RESTRAINTS ON SPENDING (The Japan Times, an English-language
daily)
The Cabinet has approved a \47.3 trillion ceiling on core
policy...
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Japan's most powerful business lobby urged the government
Tuesday to hold the ratio of its long-term debt balance to gross
domestic product below 100 percent in fiscal 2012 and thereafter.
...
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How Successful Has the Welfare State Been in Delivering Equality?
Aid groups in Zimbabwe fear government clampdown
