Typologies Of Welfare State And Industrialism
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The authors generally define the welfare state by the use of organized power through politics and administration (state responsibility) in securing basic (minimum) welfare for its citizens via some form of modification of the play of market forces. According to these scholars, the welfare state emerged largely as a result of the development of modern political economy (and modern political power struggles and conflicts) and industrialism. Three distinct typologies of the welfare state have been identified: conservative (corporate), liberal, and social democratic. Various historical forces shape these different types of welfare states. The liberal welfare state adheres to the logic of industrialism, where the emergence of welfare state is understood