what is a welfare state ?
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Welfare state, concept of government in which the state or a well-established network of social institutions plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the economic and social well-being of citizens. ... The general term may cover a variety of forms of economic and social organization
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Asa Brigg’s defined welfare state as a state in which organised power is deliberately used (though politics and administration) in an effort to modify the play of market forces in at least three directions :
1. Guaranteeing individuals and families a minimum income irrespective of the market value of their work, or their property
2. Narrowing the extent of insecurity by enabling individuals and families to meet certain “social contingencies” (for example sickness, old age and unemployment) which lead otherwise to individual or family crisis
3. By ensuring that all citizens without distinction of status or class are offered the best standards available in relation to a certain agreed range of social services