The Welfare State - week 14

Question 1

WHAT IS “THE WELFARE STATE”?

Answer 1

• a government that facilitates programs promoting social welfare or well-being

Question 2

OUTPUTS OF A WELFARE STATE

Answer 2

1. Cash: pension, employment insurance,
2. Goods and services: childcare, elderly care, long-term care, healthcare, education, food banks, prescription drugs
3. Regulations: laws on labour, wage laws, workplace health and safety, STAT holidays, child labour laws

Question 3

PUBLIC SECTOR

Answer 3

government programs

Question 4

PRIVATE SECTOR

Answer 4

private daycares, mental health services and supports

Question 5

NON-PROFITS/COMMUNITY SECTOR

Answer 5

• can be partially government-funded or privately funded, and are often subsidized by tax deductions
• shelters, care homes, educational supports, disability supports

Question 6

INFORMAL SECTOR

Answer 6

• goods, benefits, and services that family members or other informal groups provide for each other
• ex) babysat by a grandparent

Question 7

Liberal Welfare States

Answer 7

• largely market-led (private/market delivery of welfare), with high degrees of stratification
• the market is largely responsible for providing welfare
• ex) Canada, US, UK, Australia

Question 8

Conservative Welfare States

Answer 8

• families are responsible for securing welfare
• the state will step in only when a family is unable to secure welfare for themselves
• ex) Italy, Germany, Belgium, France, Netherlands

Question 9

Social-Democratic Welfare States

Answer 9

• sees welfare as a right and the state/government as responsible for delivering welfare service
• Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden