Welfare State
The welfare state is a form of government in which the state protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of the citizens, based upon the principles of equal opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for citizens unable to avail themselves of the minimal provisions for a good life. Sociologist T. H. Marshall described the modern welfare state as a distinctive combination of democracy, welfare, and capitalism.As a type of mixed economy, the welfare state funds the governmental institutions for health care and education along with direct benefits given to individual citizens. Early features of the welfare state, …
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IRPP: Institut de recherche en politiques publiques · 9 April 2024 English
A report by the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (2023) noted that, between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the fourth quarter of 2022, the lowest-quintile households were not …
Kymlicka, & J. Myles (Eds.), Federalism and the welfare state in a multicultural world (pp. 101-130). McGill-Queen’s …
UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 29 March 2024 English
This first-of-its-kind collection shares stories not only of entrepreneurial excellence and persistence but of savvy leadership, innovation, and reciprocity, providing hope to Indigenous business leaders, youth, and elected officials working …
prosperous that the expanding components of the welfare state such as social assistance, unemployment insurance …
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 6 March 2024 English
Headquartered understanding of the socio-economic and technological in Waterloo, Canada, CIGI has received support impacts of digitalization and improve the quality and from the Government of Canada, the Government relevance …
Safety online should be guaranteed by the “welfare state,” taking the burden off of the individual’s …
ICP: Institute for Community Prosperity · 27 February 2024 English
He is an advisor to the Nonprofit Resilience Lab, and on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Philanthropist, and is the lead author of an annual scan of trends and …
and otherwise, were ubiquitous • Rise of the welfare state • Institutionalization as a legacy of the early … in 2020. Recently, for a broad-spectrum of welfare state reforms, including Premier Smith announced that … Although Canada is now a relatively robust welfare state, Supports for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) …
CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 22 February 2024 English
In considering the wisdom and feasibility of adding this ground to the Canadian Human Rights Act, it is necessary to analyze the federal, provincial, and international legal landscape in this …
disadvantaged in our liberal democracy: In a welfare state, people in poverty are in heightened contact …
Fraser Institute · 8 February 2024 English
Western countries including Canada can learn from Singapore’s pro-growth policies, which have helped transform Singapore from a comparatively poor country in 1965, when it gained independence, into one of the …
if they were given out free of charge by a welfare state (Haseltine, 2013). The rejection of universal … Investment fraserinstitute.org The rejection of a welfare state does not mean that the Singapore government … organizations should play a key role in social welfare. State welfare should be the last, not the first … Watching the ever-increasing costs of the welfare state in Britain and Sweden, we decided to avoid … Singapore government did not criticize the welfare state merely out of a populist desire to differentiate …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 6 February 2024 English
Through his thirty years in politics, Jason Kenney successfully shifted Canada’s political discourse to the right. To do so, he cultivated a burgeoning right-wing populist movement, of which he ultimately …
ideology, upending the progressive liberal welfare state in a way similar to how clas- sical liberalism … anti- American, knee- jerk supporter of the welfare state.”22 In a 2013 interview with the Toronto Star …
National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy · 29 January 2024 English
This document from the National Collaborating Center for Healthy Public Policy, based on a review of the literature, presents the factors that favor the importation of public policies. When public …
diffusion and policy transfer in comparative welfare state research. Social Policy & Administration, 47(1) …
National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy · 29 January 2024
Ce document du Centre de collaboration nationale sur les politiques publiques et la santé, basé sur une revue de la littérature, présente les facteurs qui favorisent l’importation de politiques publiques. …
diffusion and policy transfer in comparative Welfare State research. Social Policy & Administration, 47(1) …
INSPQ: Institut national de santé publique du Québec · 29 January 2024 French
Ce document du Centre de collaboration nationale sur les politiques publiques et la santé, basé sur une revue de la littérature, présente les facteurs qui favorisent l’importation de politiques publiques. …
diffusion and policy transfer in comparative Welfare State research. Social Policy & Administration, 47(1) …
