welfare state

English

Compound of welfare +‎ state.

welfare state (plural welfare states)

A social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, providing health care, education, unemployment compensation and social security.
- 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
  In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]
A country in which such a system operates.

social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens

Japanese: 福祉国家 (fukushi kokka)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: соција́лна др́жава f (socijálna dŕžava)
Norwegian: velferdsstat
Polish: państwo opiekuńcze n
Portuguese: estado de bem-estar m, estado de bem-estar social m, estado assistencial m
Russian: госуд́арство всео́бщего благосостоя́ния n (gosud́arstvo vseóbščevo blagosostojánija)
Spanish: estado de bienestar m
Swedish: välfärdsstat c
West Frisian: fersoargingssteat c

country in which such a system operates

Japanese: 福祉国家 (fukushi kokka)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: соција́лна др́жава f (socijálna dŕžava)
Norwegian: velferdsstat
Polish: państwo opiekuńcze n
Portuguese: estado de bem-estar m, estado de bem-estar social m, estado assistencial m
Russian: госуд́арство всео́бщего благосостоя́ния n (gosud́arstvo vseóbščevo blagosostojánija)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: välfärdsstat c
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
West Frisian: fersoargingssteat c

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