welfare

  • 71Welfare queen — A welfare queen is a pejorative neologism used to describe women who are presumed to collect welfare checks, or excess amounts, through fraud or manipulation. Sensational reporting on (what would become known as) welfare queens began during the… …

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  • 72Welfare trap — The welfare trap theory asserts that taxation and welfare systems can jointly contribute to keep people on social insurance. This is also known as the unemployment trap or poverty trap in the UK.In the UK, there is a distinction between two… …

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  • 73Welfare State — This article refers specifically to the Welfare state of the United Kingdom. For the general concept, please see Welfare state. The Welfare State of the United Kingdom was prefigured in the William Beveridge Report in 1942, which identified five… …

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  • 74welfare state — a state in which the welfare of the people in such matters as social security, health and education, housing, and working conditions is the responsibility of the government. [1940 45] * * * Concept of government in which the state plays a key… …

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  • 75welfare state —    By 1950, it was unremarkable to describe Britain as a ‘welfare state’. Mostly this term referred to the new legislation to promote social welfare, but sometimes it stood for a more general view of social and political culture. References could …

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  • 76Welfare and Social Services Ministry (Israel) — The Israeli Welfare and Social Services Ministry (Hebrew: משרד הרווחה והשירותים החברתיים‎, Misrad HaRevaha VeHaSherutim HaHevrati im) is the branch of government charged to ensure the welfare of the public in Israel and oversee the supply of… …

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  • 77welfare and poverty relief — In China, welfare or fuli evokes a rich connotation of meanings and perceptions. In the broad sense, welfare refers to benefits and entitlements associated with employment, and in particular the collective amenities provided at the workplace for… …

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  • 78Welfare definition of economics — Alfred Marshall, a pioneer neoclassical economist, reoriented economics towards the study of humanity and provided economic science with a more comprehensive definition. Marshall, in his famous book Principle of Economics published in 1890,… …

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  • 79Welfare Reform Act 2007 — The Welfare Reform Act 2007 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament to alter the British social security system. It was given royal assent on 3 May 2007 and comes into force from that date onwards. A number of sections come into force two months… …

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  • 80Welfare State — État providence Pour les articles homonymes, voir État (homonymie) et Providence. Alexis de Tocqueville a, dès les années 1830, prophétisé l’ …

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