FEATURES OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WELFARE STATE

Abstract

The welfare state is a balanced system of economic incentives and social guarantees, legal, ethical and behavioral norms, the productivity of which largely depends on the quality of work and the level of development of each person. The welfare state is a special type of a modern, highly developed state, in which a high level of social protection of all citizens is ensured by the vigorous activity of the state in regulating social, economic and other spheres of public life, asserting social justice and solidarity in it. The welfare state is characterized by a high degree of convergence of goals and the harmonization of relations between state institutions and society.  The welfare state is a democratic state based on the rule of law, which preaches that a person has the highest value and creates conditions for a decent life, free development of self-realization of a person’s creative potential (labor). The concept of a decent life presupposes material security at the level of standards that meet the needs of modern society, access to cultural values, a guarantee of personal safety, and the free development of a person - his physical, mental and moral improvement.