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GCSE English Literature · key term
A system in which the state takes responsibility for people’s welfare through provision such as healthcare and social security.
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Paper 2
A system in which government takes responsibility for supporting people’s welfare through services and financial assistance.
Revise: ContextA welfare state made support a public responsibility rather than leaving people entirely dependent on private generosity.
A system in which the government takes responsibility for citizens’ welfare through provision such as healthcare, benefits and social insurance.
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Paper 1
A system in which the state provides services and financial support to protect people against difficulties such as illness, unemployment and poverty.
Revise: ContextA welfare state treats protection against hardship as a public responsibility, rather than leaving it entirely to individual generosity. Mrs Birling’s charity makes that distinction important. In Act 2, she claims to help “deserving cases”.
A system in which the state takes responsibility for supporting people’s welfare through services and financial assistance.
A system in which the state takes responsibility for people’s welfare through provision such as healthcare, education and social security.
Paper 1
A system of state provision intended to protect people’s welfare through services and financial support, including healthcare and help during unemployment.
Revise: ContextThe Labour government expanded the welfare state: public services and financial support intended to protect people against hardship. The NHS followed in 1948, not in 1945. These developments belong to the post-war world, not to the Birlings’ evening in 1912.
A system in which the state helps protect people’s wellbeing through services and financial support, including healthcare and assistance during hardship.
Component 2
A system in which the state helps protect people’s wellbeing through provision such as healthcare, education and financial support.
Revise: ContextLabour promised a National Health Service, social security, full employment and public ownership of industries. Its victory enabled post-war reforms and the development of the welfare state: collective provision intended to protect people against hardship.
