English-Finnish translations for welfare state

• hyvinvointivaltio
  Hyvinvointivaltio ja sosiaaliturva ovat kriisissä. The welfare state and social security are in crisis.
  1980-luvun kokonaisvaltainen hyvinvointivaltio ei ole enää vastaus näihin haasteisiin. The all-encompassing welfare state of the Eighties is no longer the answer.
  Sosiaalipolitiikka ja hyvinvointivaltio kehitettiin Euroopassa. It was on our continent that social policy and the Welfare State were invented.

Definition of welfare state

• A social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, providing health care, education, unemployment compensation and social security
• A country in which such a system operates

Related words

• welfare
• welfare trap
• welfare parasite
• welfare mother
• welfare capitalism
• welfare economics
• welfare problem
• welfare work
• child welfare