On The Exploration Of British Social Security System (17Th Century - Mid-20th Century )

Social and economic transformation of the social problems of society, initiation of the true meaning of the social security system. 15-18 century British transition from an agricultural to an industrial society ,19-20-century England from the free development of capitalism to monopoly capitalism. Accompanied with the modernization process, civil rights of individual freedom, after the first fight for political rights, social security towards realization of civil and political rights and the process of production. British social security system has gone through three stages: First, the "poor law" as the core of the relief-type social security system. 1601 "Elizabeth Poor Law" enacted. Against poverty, breaking the early civil spontaneous act of charity into the national scope of the relief. Evolution to the 19th century "New Poor Law," the wider stage of poor legislation. This change is creating hundreds of years of a new civil rights and state responsibilities clear welfare state. Second, the early 20th century to protect the social security system type. After the golden age of 19th century liberalism, industrialization shortcomings highlighted, emphasizing individual responsibility as the core of liberal thought to social security and personal responsibility in the national security of combining ideas. Countries are beginning to assume responsibility from the spread of unemployment, including pension, work injury, medical care, education and other social areas. Third, the World War II, post-employment benefit based social security system. Keynes save capitalism from the perspective of the need for government intervention argument; Beveridge plan put the minimum living as a social responsibility to be finalized, the original relief to protect poor people's minimum living standard. Keynesian welfare ideology and the "Beveridge Report" is the United Kingdom to enter the stage of social security benefits established by the two theoretical foundation. Unlike pre-World War II focus on decentralized social security measures to prevent a small number of committed members of society because of poverty and hopelessness, remaining at the level of social assistance. Welfare-oriented social security system based on universal for all members of society to provide life support, support socialized mass production of high-quality labor force needed for reproduction, in close coordination with the country's economic life has become an important strategy for the modern state. Formation of the British social security system has undergone several years of sedimentation, the development and perfection. Relief in the development of the power of innovation on the original British social security system where the advantages and characteristics. Britain was also the first experiment in social welfare state, known as "the flag of the modern welfare state." Motivation of England in the 20th century, the establishment of a welfare state built in Britain today, the basic framework of the social security system. Welfare state was not established overnight, the British social security system the result of centuries of sedimentation. In this paper, the British 17th century to the mid-20th century, the social security system to study the evolution of social security system of State responsibility and civil rights as the starting point of the "original welfare state" established the basic principles,seeks to establish the useful thinking for China social security system.