welfare state
Cradle-to-grave governance
A welfare state is a system of government in which the state takes significant responsibility for citizens' social and economic well-being through programs like healthcare, unemployment insurance, pensions, and housing assistance.
The term can describe both the political philosophy and countries that implement it: The Nordic countries are often cited as model welfare states.
Critics use the phrase disparagingly to suggest excessive government dependency.
Gains or helpful effects
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- educationSystematic development of mind
- housingDwellings or protective covering
- pensionsOngoing payments after employment
unemployment insurance · childcare · disability support · food stamps · public assistance · subsidies · grants · scholarships
Reformed capitalism with welfare state
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- public sectorState-controlled economic portion
- policyAdopted principle of action
legislation · bureaucracy · civil service · administration · regulation · nationalization · planning · parliament
Status as state member
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- equalitySame status for all
- justiceFair treatment under law
- inclusionBeing made part
equity · solidarity · reciprocity · participation · democracy · fraternity · mutual obligation · social cohesion
Guarding against harm
- securityProtection from threat
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
poverty relief · minimum wage · means testing · entitlements · emergency assistance · income support · hardship funds · job retraining
General life satisfaction
- healthCondition of body, mind
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- stabilityResistance to displacement
comfort · human development · life expectancy · infant mortality · literacy · poverty reduction · social mobility · work-life balance
benefits
Gains or helpful effects
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- educationSystematic development of mind
- housingDwellings or protective covering
pensions · unemployment insurance · childcare · disability support · food stamps · public assistance · subsidies · grants · scholarships · maternity leave
social democracy
Reformed capitalism with welfare state
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- public sectorState-controlled economic portion
policy · legislation · bureaucracy · civil service · administration · regulation · nationalization · planning · parliament · cabinet
citizenship
Status as state member
inclusion · equity · solidarity · reciprocity · participation · democracy · fraternity · mutual obligation · social cohesion · collective responsibility
protection
Guarding against harm
safeguard · poverty relief · minimum wage · means testing · entitlements · emergency assistance · income support · hardship funds · job retraining · redundancy pay
quality of life
General life satisfaction
- healthCondition of body, mind
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- flourishingProspering vigorously
stability · comfort · human development · life expectancy · infant mortality · literacy · poverty reduction · social mobility · work-life balance · happiness index
- NorwayOslo, Bergen, Trondheim, fjord, fjords
- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
- Belgian HistoryBelgium, independence movement, King Leopold, constitutional monarchy, national congress
- Left-Wing Politicsleft wing, leftists, far left, Marxism, socialism
- Nordic Politicssocial democracy, coalition talks, proportional representation, multi-party system, Labour Party
- NetherlandsAmsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, tulips
welfare stateneoliberalism
Pro-market, anti-regulation ideology
libertarianism · laissez-faire · free market economy · Reaganomics · Thatcherism
welfare staterugged individualism
Philosophy of personal independence
social Darwinism · individualism · self-reliance · every man for himself · sink or swim
welfare statefeudalism
Land-for-service social structure
kleptocracy · oligarchy · plutocracy · failed state · company town
state, welfare, farewell, states, well-being, statecraft, wellbeing, statewide, statehood