welfare state
11Welfare State — État providence Pour les articles homonymes, voir État (homonymie) et Providence. Alexis de Tocqueville a, dès les années 1830, prophétisé l’ …
12Welfare state — État providence Pour les articles homonymes, voir État (homonymie) et Providence. Alexis de Tocqueville a, dès les années 1830, prophétisé l’ …
13welfare state — The system of social welfare the origins of which can be traced back to the Liberal reforms of 1906–11 but which was really created by Labour after World War Two, as its response to the Beveridge Report of 1942. Via the welfare state, the… …
14welfare state — UK / US noun Word forms welfare state : singular welfare state plural welfare states 1) [countable] a country that looks after its citizens by providing social and financial support 2) the welfare state the system by which a country looks after… …
15Welfare State — A concept of government in which the state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the economic and social well being of its citizens. A welfare state is based on the principles of equality of opportunity, equitable distribution of… …
16welfare state — noun Date: 1941 1. a social system based on the assumption by a political state of primary responsibility for the individual and social welfare of its citizens 2. a nation or state characterized by the operation of the welfare state system …
17welfare state — N SING In Britain and some other countries, the welfare state is a system in which the government provides free social services such as health and education and gives money to people when they are unable to work, for example because they are old …
18welfare state — noun 1 the welfare state a system by which the government provides money, free medical care etc for people who are unemployed or too old to work 2 (C) a country with such a system …
19ˌwelfare ˈstate — noun 1) the welfare state [singular] the system by which a country looks after its citizens by providing them with education, medical care, or money if they are unable to work 2) [C] a country that looks after its citizens by providing social and …
20welfare state — Conservative Americans’ perception that the United States is moving toward socialism. ► “Senator Bob Dole has, over the years, compiled a mixed record of tax cuts and tax increases, though he has been accused by Newt Gingrich of being the ‘tax… …
