I - Définitions L'Etat Providence (Welfare State) désigne les différentes fonctions de l'Etat liées à la protection sociale (chômeurs, vieillesse...) et l'action de l'Etat en faveur de la justice sociale et de l'obtention du plein emploi (intervention sociale de l'Etat). La protection sociale consiste à protéger les individus......more

According to Beveridge, two points of view are presented concerning the introduction of the Welfare State. The established view is that it was introduced in a climate of consensus : wartime hardships, the Evacuation, national solidarity and the acceptance of an increased role for the State......more

William Beveridge William Beveridge was born in 1879 and he became a social worker in the East End of London in 1903. Later, he visited Germany to see for himself the system of social insurance introduced by Bismarck. Beveridge became a journalist, writing mainly on social policy.......more