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We have examined how the welfare state has led the western nations towards the destruction of the institutions and values upon which civilisation and democracy depend. It is important to examine why the planners seek the establishment of a welfare state despite its destructive effects.
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© 1989 Ralph Segalman and David Marsland
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Segalman, R., Marsland, D. (1989). The Tenets of the Welfare State. In: Cradle to Grave. Studies in Social Revaluation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19869-6_8
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