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• Welfare reform — is a movement for policy change in countries with a state administered social welfare systems. Welfare reform is a movement to change a government s social welfare policy with aims at reducing recipient dependence on the government. Members of… …   Wikipedia

• Welfare Reform Act 2007 — The Welfare Reform Act 2007 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament to alter the British social security system. It was given royal assent on 3 May 2007 and comes into force from that date onwards. A number of sections come into force two months… …   Wikipedia

• Reform (think tank) — Reform is a London, United Kingdom based free market think tank whose mission is to set out a better way to deliver public services and economic prosperity via private sector involvement and market de regulation. Reform describes itself as… …   Wikipedia

• Welfare-to-work — was a social program of the United States government that ended on September 30, 2004. The concept was to wean sole parents off their reliance on income support and encourage them back into the work force. To encourage the various states to… …   Wikipedia

• Welfare queen — A welfare queen is a pejorative neologism used to describe women who are presumed to collect welfare checks, or excess amounts, through fraud or manipulation. Sensational reporting on (what would become known as) welfare queens began during the… …   Wikipedia

• Welfare state — This article is about the welfare state as a general concept. For the system known as the Welfare State in the United Kingdom, see Welfare State. % of GDP in social expenditures in OECD states, 2001. A welfare state is a concept of government in… …   Wikipedia

• Welfare in the People's Republic of China — This article is about the welfare system in the People s Republic of China.In pre 1980s reform China, the socialist state fulfilled the needs of society from cradle to grave. Child care, education, job placement, housing, subsistence, health care …   Wikipedia

• welfare — wel‧fare [ˈwelfeə ǁ fer] noun [uncountable] ECONOMICS 1. help that is given by government to people with social or financial problems: • a drastic reform of the welfare system 2. money paid by the government to people who are poor, unemployed etc …   Financial and business terms

• Welfare, Choice and Solidarity in Transition — Welfare, Choice and Solidarity in Transition: reforming the health sector in Eastern Europe was written by János Kornai and [http://ase.tufts.edu/faculty guide/faculty.asp?id=keggle01 Karen Eggleston] , published in 2001.This book focused on ten… …   Wikipedia

• welfare state —    By 1950, it was unremarkable to describe Britain as a ‘welfare state’. Mostly this term referred to the new legislation to promote social welfare, but sometimes it stood for a more general view of social and political culture. References could …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture