THE WELFARE (SOCIAL) STATE, EUROPEAN UNION AND GLOBALIZATION

Josef Blahož

Abstract


The relation of power, state, law and poverty. State according to law (Rule of Law) and social policy. The origin, definition and development of the welfare state. Welfare state in the framework of the European Union. The relation of the welfare state and social state. Constitutional, legal and socio-economical targets of the welfare (social) state. The welfare state typologies. The three worlds of the welfare state. Global processes and the welfare state reforms and transformations. Welfare state and bureaucracy, centralization and de- centralization in the implementations of the welfare state. The welfare state and highly developed countries and central european countries of the European Union.

Keywords


power, law, state, poverty, social policy, welfare state, social state, liberal welfare state, conservative corporate welfare state, residual welfare state, social democratic welfare state, institutional welfare state, re- gional welfare state, ideal type

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