WELFARE STATE VS SOCIAL DEPENDENCE
The paper presents the nature characteristics of the welfare state, the basic features of welfare states, problems and contradictions in the social policy implementation. The authors conclude that it is necessary to reform implementation mechanisms of government social policy. Authors examine the causes of welfare dependency (high social rate of discount, inefficient legal framework, reducing the degree of horizontal and vertical integration between agents). The authors propose measures aimed at improving the mechanisms for overcoming social dependency. It is necessary to stimulate the social responsibility of economic actors and provide socio-economic policy of government to ensure economic growth.
Keywords: welfare state, social dependence, social policy, pensioner
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Issue: 8, 2014
Series of issue: Issue 8
Rubric: LAW
Pages: 102 — 107
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