The Monograph ‘Philosophical Discourse on a Social State’ by L.N. Kochetkova
What is a social state and what is its essence? Is it possible to recognize existing theoretical foundations of the social state as a completed theory? These questions are important, especially at the time when the debates are intensified among supporters of the liberal economy, on one hand, and on the other – theorists and practitioners who promote the concept of people-centred development of the state, society, and economy. The author’s main concept is that the social state is a logical phase in the development of the theory and practice of a legal state. The legal state, taking on a fairly complete range of responsibilities for the realization of human rights, creates and develops its legitimate socio-economic basis. Based on this conceptual idea, the author comes to the conclusion that there must exist a historical period when the social state transforms itself from the declared state with the social obligations, i.e. from a theoretical construction, in the real social and political phenomenon.