Welfare State

A welfare state is commonly understood as an agency of social services than as an instrument of power.

Definition:

D.L. Hobman ,in his book welfare state, “welfare state as a compromised between the two extreme of commism on the one hand and unbridled individualism on the other.”

Herbert H. Lehman “The welfare state is simply a state in which people are free to develop their individual capacities, to receive just aware for their talents and to engage in the pursuit of happiness, unburden by fear of actual hunger, actual homelessness or oppression by reason of race creed or colour.”

Function of welfare state

1. Maintenance  of peace and order.
2. Protects people’s right and provide justice.
3. Conservation of natural resource.
4. Provision of education.
5. Arrangement of public utility service.
6. Encouragement of trade, industry, commerce’s and agriculture.
7. Organization of labor.
8. Protection of old, poor and handicap.
9. Maintenance of public health.
10. Arrangement of recreation.
11. Maintenance social harmony.
12. Prevents disarrangement.