Review Of The Theory On Western Welfare State

The welfare state is the result which class contradictions development and evolution of the capitalist country, its implementation policy has alleviated the class contradictions, raised worker's material life level on objective, and also promoted the social economy development. In addition, the welfare state also strengthened the state's social functions, enhanced the capacity of community management. Ai spin-Anderson takes the welfare state into three kinds, liberalism, conservatism and social democracy. He believed that social welfare systems can be called"people's welfare state"when a high degree of non-commodity being up to a certain extent. However, the"non commercial"is the result of the working class movement, is a means to rule of capitalism, its final result plays a role in the collapse of the worker movement. While the capitalist production relations does not change, the substance of the working class exploited will not change, therefore, the welfare state can not truly representing the fundamental interests of the broadest masses.The welfare state passed about 30 years golden development phase from the 20th century 40's intermediate stages to the 70's intermediate stages, because the financial pressure enlarge, the population structure tends to the aging, manages the movement complication, economic structure change reasons and so on, it appeared the crisis in the 70's intermediate stages, started the time consuming reform course.The reform measures of the welfare state such as cutting welfare spending, reducing welfare projects, carrying out welfare privatization and so on, have achieved certain results in terms of the activate market, improving economic vitality and competitiveness, but it has also brought some negative effects. In the 20th century 90's,"the third way"thoughts advocate transcending traditional modes of thinking, build on the new ideas of national economic and social development, focus on solving practical problems, attract wide attention on the international. International finance, economic crisis in 2008 have mauled the financial system of the welfare state, make the unemployment increasing and the welfare level drops of these countries. The welfare state faces the challenge of"welfare crisis"again.Influenced by social economic development level of the present stage, the social welfare provision of our country has the characteristic with filling a vacancy type, supporting type and relieving type. The social welfare system of our country set up on public ownership of the means of production, the country really offers public welfare to the maximum extent according to the people's will, Construction of public welfare in order to achieve common prosperity as the target, therefore our country and capitalist welfare state have essential distinction in the construction aspect of public welfare. However, for the benefit experiences of the western welfare states, our country should combine the national conditions to draw lessons from to some extent. Through the expanded coverage, increasing welfare benefits and welfare expenditure items, make the result that our country's social welfare system into a higher level of achievement, to achieve the"socialist welfare society"strategic objectives.