public welfare
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpublicandwelfare
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public
adjective
uk/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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welfare
noun[U]
uk/ˈwel.feər/us/ˈwel.fer/
help given, especially by the state or an organization, to people who need it, especially because they do not have ...
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(Definition ofpublicandwelfarefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The authors rightly warn against taking this fact as an excuse for reducingpublicwelfareactivities.
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A second feature is that each regime embodies a distinctive rationale forpublicwelfare.
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How big is local government spending onpublicwelfare?
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Subsequently, most countries developedpublicwelfaresystems centred on retirement pensions.
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Regulation of liberty and property had to yield proportionate gains inpublicwelfare.
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An increase in voting participation would thus result in more activepublicwelfarepolicies.
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So these politicians pick policies that will maximize some function ofpublicwelfareand campaign contributions.
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This research focuses on the 'publicwelfare' effects as the name of the lottery was billed.
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Metacultural frames in these cases emphasise the state's obligation forpublicwelfareand have served to insulate the welfare state against an infusion of market-liberal ideas.
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Many elderly retired people move in order to support relatives and, in the process, make a significant economic contribution and reduce pressure onpublicwelfareprovision.
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But so long as offices essential to thepublicwelfarestood open to the degree holder without further ado, some conditions on age still seemed in order.
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People in need have also been able to apply for other discretionary home-care benefits that are provided through variouspublicwelfarebureaus, sick funds and other agencies.
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They are based on the broadest principles ofpublicwelfarecontrolled by police power and, to some degree at least, the protection of property values.
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There are a number of consequences that follow for social policy andpublicwelfareservices in general when 'the consumer' is promoted as the force for change.
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Secondly, this kind of private insurance provided by intergenerational solidarity substantially relieves pressure on thepublicwelfareinstitutions.
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One of the central justifications for government intervention in banking was that these relatively new forms of money profoundly affected thepublicwelfare.
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