WELFARE STATE: BASIC CONCEPTS, TASKS, PRIORITIES
The article reveals the main prerequisites for the formation and development of the welfare state. The influence of economic crises on the formation of the ideology of thewelfare state is described. The basic principles and characteristics of the welfare state in different historical periods are considered. The theoretical principles of the formation and development of the welfare state are revealed. The evolution of the concepts of its policy is analyzed - from the paternalistic direction to the predominance of subsidiary approaches, the basic principles and criteria of the functioning of the welfare state are revealed.