On the State of the Welfare State in Russia

The article gives a brief analysis of the formation and development of the Welfare State in the West and in Russia. It is shown that the social State of the West arose in certain historical circumstances (the early industrial capitalism) as a way to cope with the problem of pauperism (impoverishment of the working class). In turn, the pauperism as a phenomenon, according to the researchers, was possible thanks to multi-directional interests of major classes of capitalist society. In these circumstances the Welfare State becomes a tool that allows to bring these concerns to the relative concord. The article notes that in our country there are all preconditions for the formation of the Welfare State (social, economic, legal), but that State itself is still in the stage of its development. The main obstacle to the formation of the modern Welfare State in Russia is the dominance of the State bureaucracy in the social and political life.

социальное государство, индустриальный капитализм, пауперизм, социальные классы, классовый компромисс, консерватизм, либерализм, социал-демократия, бюрократия, демократизация, правовое государство, Welfare State, industrial capitalism, developing, social classes, class compromise, conservatism, liberalism, social democracy, bureaucracy, democratization, rule of law

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