Definitions for "Welfare state"
one which provides a wide range of health and support services for its people, as, for example, unemployment insurance, universal old age pensions, national health insurance.
Society that provides social services to ensure a better family life, health care, housing; protection against unemployment; and security in old age.
a state which supplies a large number of social services to its citizens, as a right, without requiring them to pay directly for them.
A set of government programs that attempts to provide economic security for the population by providing for people when they are unemployed, ill, or elderly.
a system for fairness, not for inter-country economic competition
New activism of the West European state in economic policy and welfare issues after World War II; introduced programs to reduce the impact of economic inequality; typically included medical programs and economic planning. (p. 870)
a luxury that developed economies choose to spend their resources on, not something that is beneficial in achieving development
Keywords:  slave
a slave state