Welfare System in US

Introduction

The welfare system is a by-product of a Welfare State. The welfare state - a state of law developed civil society, which, uniting in their efforts principles of liberty and equality, social justice, supra-class, actually provides socio-economic rights. The welfare state and the rule of law - a whole in the sense that the welfare state is the party of law, that includes the State of real human rights, among which are social and economic rights (right to employment, fair working conditions, social security, a decent man a living wage, etc.), ensuring that the reality - the task of the welfare state(Naples,Nancy,1998).

The welfare state - above classes, in the sense that it seeks to organize a normal life and development of society as a whole, it protects the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of all its citizens, peoples, and is the instrument of withdrawal of social tensions in the country.

The welfare state - a state-developed civil society (which creates wealth, and other values), which is the condition for the existence and development of the welfare state, a vibrant civil society as to the other side of the welfare state, the latter without the former does not happen. The welfare state eliminates unnecessary social distinctions, provide decent living conditions of its citizens, social protection of population participating in the production and distribution of economic wealth, it intervenes in the free economic activity (in the interests of society as a whole).The welfare state in the country contributes to the formation of so-called "Middle class" (part of society, which is secured to the extent that when there is no need for necessary, but not so rich that it makes the poor feeble effort to partition their property) (West,Guida,1981).

Discussion

Race, Gender, and U.S. Welfare History

The Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) program, a social welfare program providing federal benefits for low-income children, was created in 1935 as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Social Security Act. ADC was racialized from the beginning in part because it emerged from women's pensions programs, which overwhelmingly served white war widows. Further, many African Americans were denied ADC benefits due to legislative rules prohibiting domestic and seasonal agricultural laborers from receiving aid. After 1937, families of widows were moved from ADC to Social Security, leaving ADC to service the children of deserted, divorced, or never-married mothers.

This change marked the beginning of the stigmatization of the ADC program, evidenced ...