welfare state

  • 111welfare capitalism — noun : capitalism characterized by a concern for the welfare of various social groupings (as workers) expressed usually through social security programs, collective bargaining agreements, state industrial codes, and other guarantees against… …

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  • 112State Veterinary Service — The State Veterinary Service(SVS) was an executive agency of the UK government department the [http://www.defra.gov.uk/ Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] (Defra). It was the government s delivery agent responsible for animal… …

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  • 113state police power — Every state has power to enact laws for the protection of its citizens health, welfare, morals and safety and such power is derived from the 10th Amendment, U.S.Const. This power is upheld if exercised in a manner consistent with its ends and if… …

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  • 115Welfare to Work — a phrase used in Britain and the US for government programmes that are aimed at reducing the number of people who are unemployed and receiving money from the State, by creating jobs for them or training them for work. * * * …

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  • 116welfare-jockey — n American a recipient of state subsidies, unem ployment pay, etc. A pejorative term employed by the right wing comic writer P. J. O Rourke, among others …

    Contemporary slang

  • 117social welfare —    ‘Social welfare’ is sometimes a synonym for welfare state, but here it is taken to refer to ideas about what the objectives of a welfare state are and by what mechanisms and processes they might best be achieved.    The principle of less… …

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  • 118Social welfare in New Zealand — Social welfare has long been an important part of New Zealand society and a significant political issue. It is concerned with the provision by the state of benefits and services. Together with fiscal welfare and occupational welfare, it goes to… …

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  • 119Criticisms of welfare — The notion, and the extent of, the modern welfare state has been criticised on both economic and social grounds, from both the Left and the Right of the political spectrum. Contents 1 Libertarian Conservative criticisms 2 Socialist Anarchist… …

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  • 120SOCIAL SECURITY AND WELFARE — SOCIAL POLICY In the first three decades of statehood through the end of the 1970s Israel acquired the basic features of a modern welfare state. This meant that Israel succeeded in developing a broad network of social services that included… …

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