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In the 21st century the unemployed or sole parent households become reliant on income support and non wage benefits L. Kirkwood et al: 2006). In 2002, 8.6 per cent of GDP was spent on social assistance benefits in cash to Australian residents L. Kirkwood et al: 2006). Total welfare expenditure in 2005-06 was $90.2 billion, of which $61.3 billion (68%) was cash benefits and $28.9 billion (32%) benefits-in-kind (welfare services). Spending on welfare services in 2005-06 was 3.0% of GDP or $1,404 per person (Welfare, 2011).

As Bill Clinton’s campaign strategist once famously said, “It’s about the economy stupid!” This world is run by money, and inevitably there are the haves and the have-nots. The welfare state is a system which offers a grouping of benefits geared towards helping all members of society achieve prosperity and be successful members of society, however it is often criticized and debated in the US. The welfare state is not obsolete, as it fosters educational development to help solidify the future, and keeps from creating a reliance on welfare, all without excessively depleting the US of its monetary funds.

essay the author claimed it is unfair for hardworking Australians who contribute the most to receive the least in benefits. Instead a system designed to help people in need should be expunged with the burden to be transferred to their families. Throughout the essay, it was clearly one-sided with no good moral principles outlined. The prevalence of arguments rejecting welfare based on the small percentage of ‘dole bludgers,’ who mis-use the system is invalid. Based on these false pretences, the normative conclusion was that the welfare system should be abolished. The purpose of this reflection is to review the ethical dimensions explicitly and implicitly contained in the essay to determine if this a moral judgement or one merely made from a bias point of view. Furthermore, if any other ethical principles applied to the case and if this could of provided a stronger basis for the abolition of welfare. If there is a moral principle it would be an appeal to fairness, that is the right thing to do is what allows people to keep their own hard earned money.

The government should support the readiness of job as many industries were facing a lack of skilled labor. The Australian government after knowing the benefits of vocational education made reforms in the system (West and Murphy, 2010). The strategies to be made for 2018 were to improve the vocational training and produce skilled labor, provide assistance to industries facing skills shortage, provide support to indigenous people so that they acquire skills, provide assistance to increase Australian apprentice and providing training to the Australian indigenous people so that they get local jobs. The reforms in the vocational sector mainly focus on better quality and superior training to the people so that they cater to the needs of the employer. A greater transparency is also maintained (Biddle, 2011). The investment made in a vocational sector will help in developing skills. Action to 2013 suggests that through National Workforce Development Fund, workforce may be developed in areas that require current and future skills. Campaigning through “Health Heroes” will help to bring in more indigenous people in the labor force. The Land Corporation support would likely ensure employment in Ayer Rock Resort to increase by the end of 2018. Employment services should increase to increase more people into the workforce; a total of $227.9

Every individual in the world has their own personal problems that they deal with every day. Some people do not realize that many other people go through the same hardships as well. From unemployment to psychological issues, there are many factors that disrupt individuals’ lives. Even though it is easier to place blame on one’s self, there is usually an underlying sociological problem that is the concern. One individual comprehended all these matters and created a concept that placed a relationship between individuals and society and the importance behind it.

In the period following the Second World War, the welfare state within capitalist democracies had the apparent capacity to reconcile the opposing priorities of a range of social and economic interests (Jamrozik 2005:305). However, at the close of the 20th and opening of the 21st centuries, a shift

Every Australian deserves a good retirement income that ensures they are not at risk of poverty in older age and that income should be guaranteed by the state. Discuss.

Yvonne Zylan and Sarah A. Soule. (2000). “Ending Welfare As We Know It (Again): Welfare State Retrenchment, 1989-1995”. Social Forces, Vol. 79, No. 2 (Dec., 2000), pp. 623-652.

At first, asking what are the key features of the welfare state are, seems relatively simple: to protect the most at risk in a society? But it is vastly more complicated question to answer when truly thinking about it deeply. The wider impact and problems surround the question of Welfare and what those key features are and should be. Further to this, dependent on who is in charge of the state, may change the very definition of what they consider to be Welfare and how far it should go, based perhaps on their political ideology; be they Conservative or Labour for example, each party may have differing views of how far the state should intervene within the realm of social policy.

This brings us to the concept of the welfare state, which according to Kwon (2014) is understood as a set of public policies, standards, and institutions which all aim to provide social protection to its citizens in order to achieve a state of wellness. There have been several discussions related to welfare state, wherein debates have sprung all over the United Kingdom questioning whose welfare really the different policies promote, even highlighting that it is more of a political exercise of those who are interested in power rather than satisfying and meeting the welfare of the people themselves (Hudson, 2013).

The key features of the welfare state are very linked to the 1942 report on Social Insurance and Allied Services or also known as the Beveridge Report. The key features I have identified of the classic welfare state is the National Health Service (NHS), Social insurance, Housing, Education and Full employment. Asa Briggs a British historian defined the welfare state as a state which “...organised power is deliberately used in order to play of the market in 3 direction; by guaranteeing an individuals a minimum income, narrowing extent of insecurity by enabling people to meet certain ‘social contingencies’ which lead to family or individual crisis and thirdly by ensuring that all citizens without distinction of status or class are offered the best standards available to a certain agreed range of social services’. Kauffman and DeSwaan also

Modernity is (Macionis & Plummer, 2005, p. 690) process associated with industrialisation. Beger ( cited in Macionis & Plummer, 2005, p. 691) identifies four major attributes of modernity. The decay of traditional communities, where each person had defined place, and was given a sense of identity and purpose. Multiplying of individual choices, as power of tradition wanes, people see unending series of individual choices in their lives. Growing diversity of beliefs, as modernisation promotes more scientific world-view, morality is result of personal opinions; greater interaction among people contributes to multiplicity of beliefs. Fourth attribute of modernity is future orientation. People are optimistic and expect that future

The welfare state takes numerous conceivable structures yet underlines more noteworthy balance of income distribution and opportunity, more prominent certification to all of sufficient nourishment, apparel, shelter, and therapeutic care, and more prominent general economic stability and security. (Wilson, 1965) The point of

The liberal welfare state provides modest social insurance plans, and universal transfers to low income, working-class dependents. “It is a model in which implicitly or explicitly, the progress of social reform has been severely

A random Google search using the term “welfare state” will reveal multiple results. However the following three capture the essential elements across the social, economic and political schools of thoughts. They describe the welfare state as