Social welfare embraces laws, programmes, benefits and services which address social needs accepted as essential to the well-being of a society. It focuses on personal and social problems, both existing and potential.
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Welfare systems differ from country to country, but welfare is commonly provided to individuals who are unemployed, those with illness or disability, the elderly, those with dependent children, and veterans.
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@. In its narrowest sense, social welfare includes those nonprofit functions of society, public or voluntary, which are clearly aimed at alleviating distress and poverty or at ameliorating the conditions of the casualties of society. @ Dolgoff,R., D.Feldstein & L. Stolnik (1997) Understanding Social Welfare,4th ed.
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Social welfare generally denotes the full range of organized activities of voluntary and governmental agencies that seek to prevent, alleviate, or contribute to the solution of recognized social problems, or to improve the well-being of individuals, groups, or communities.
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welfare state. A social system in which the state takes responsibility for the social and economic wellbeing of its citizens, especially in matters of health and social security.
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Social welfare, assistance for the ill or otherwise disabled and for the old, has long been provided in Japan by both the government and private companies. Beginning in the 1920s, the government enacted a series of welfare programs, based mainly on European models, to provide medical care and financial support.
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Welfare is the provision of a minimal level of well-being and social support for all citizens, sometimes referred to as public aid. In most developed countries welfare is largely provided by the government, and to a lesser extent, charities, informal social groups, religious groups, and inter-governmental organizations.
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Used in its broadest sense the term 'social welfare' can embrace all efforts aimed at improving health, education, employment, housing, recreational and cultural services for the community at large.
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In the Roman Empire, the first emperor Augustus provided the ' congiaria ' or grain dole for citizens who could not afford to buy food every month. Social welfare was enlarged by the Emperor Trajan. Trajan's program brought acclaim from many, including Pliny the Younger.
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a state in which the welfare of the people in such matters as social security, health and education, housing, and working conditions is the responsibility of the government.
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define the social welfare
Social welfare embraces laws, programmes, benefits and services which address social needs accepted as essential to the well-being of a society.