welfare system

collocation in English

meaningsofwelfareandsystem

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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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system
noun
uk
/ˈsɪs.təm/
us
/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofwelfareandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They clearly valued aspects of the socialwelfaresystem, specifically government-supported pensions, social services and medical care.
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These policies also produced their by-product: a new type ofwelfaresystem, or a mixed welfare economy.
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What they have to give depends largely on the resources made available to them by thewelfaresystem.
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And, he asks us to conclude, how like this second picture, of undeserved and damaging doles, is to our statewelfaresystemtoday.
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Then concerns to support and legitimise development led to the development of a 'residualist'welfaresystem.
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However, thewelfaresystemcontains some interesting features of relevance to older people.
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These included the dates of the child's entry into and exit from all foster placements in the state childwelfaresystem.
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In the absence of a socialwelfaresystem, old people must depend on their children in most developing countries.
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Those not entitled to receive sufficient public pensions are referred to thewelfaresystemfor the minimum social assistance which is means-tested.
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Even the world's first modernwelfaresystem, then, did not constitute an internally consistent welfare regime.
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However, aspects of thewelfaresystemconcerned with current cohorts of older people have largely retained their corporatist hue.
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However, the relevant attitudes are highly focused and specific to the immediate actors within thewelfaresystem.
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The new social pact entails the retrenchment of the residualwelfaresystemthat was established in the late colonial period.
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As a consequence of both professionalisation and growing public responsibility, the socialwelfaresystembecame extremely specialised and segmented in the post-war period.
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This was attributed to the country's superiorwelfaresystem, greater gender equality and effective social work.
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Of course, income transfer to the elderly households is only one aspect of the outcomes that thewelfaresystemmay have produced.
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Finally, all citizens can benefit from the output of awelfaresystemor a democracy.
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This state and this country will never be solvent until the leeches are removed from thewelfaresystem.
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Their current policies aimed at a reduction of thewelfaresystemseem to be justified.
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