community welfare
Collective social health
Community welfare is the collective well-being of people living in a shared area or group.
The term encompasses health, safety, economic security, and quality of life for residents as a whole rather than individuals.
Government programs, nonprofits, and local organizations often work toward community welfare: The new clinic was built to improve community welfare.
Sometimes invoked to justify policies that restrict individual behavior for the common good.
- mutual aidCooperative community support
- lending a handProviding assistance to another
- job training programsOrganized instruction for employment
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
- food banksDonation-based hunger relief centers
neighbor helping neighbor · microfinance · crisis intervention · advocacy groups · equity · social safety nets · social services · shelters · solidarity · fairness · accountability · recreational facilities · block party · mental health counseling · youth programs · public health campaigns · outreach program · neighborhood associations
- social welfaresocial insurance, unemployment benefits, social spending, social assistance, food stamps
- social servicessocial workers, social work, social services, case workers, job training
- criminologycrime, criminology, criminal behavior, criminologist, criminalization
- Islamic economicsIslamic finance, Islamic banking, zakat, sharia compliance, bayt al-mal
- Islamic ethicsihsan, moral virtues, ethical conduct, birr, divine law
- tribal lawtribal courts, tribal law, tribal court, tribal sovereignty, tribal governance
community welfareself-interest
Concern for personal advantage
selfishness · egoism · rugged individualism · self-aggrandizement · looking out for number one
community welfarespecial interests
Groups seeking policy influence
vested interests · shareholder value · profit motive · privatization · crony capitalism