Lexic.us

Definition of Social welfare

1. Noun. Governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need. "She lives on welfare"

Medical Definition of Social welfare

1. Organised institutions which provide services to ameliorate conditions of need or social pathology in the community. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Social Welfare

Literary usage of Social welfare

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1913)
"In the opinion of the writer, the most notable developments of the year 1912 in this department have been: The social-welfare work of the Men and Religion ..."

2. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1917)
"I must content myself with a brief discussion of a few of the more important developments in the social welfare movement. In the first place, I invite your ..."

3. Readings in Descriptive and Historical Sociology by Franklin Henry Giddings (1906)
"Collectively they make up the social welfare. The social welfare, then, is the sum of the ends for which society exists. To secure and to perfect the social ..."

4. The Sociology of a New York City Block by Thomas Jesse Jones (1904)
"CHAPTER XI social welfare THE natural conclusion of this study is an account ... All of these are important factors of the social welfare, but they are all ..."

5. Applied Sociology: A Treatise on the Conscious Improvement of Society by Society by Lester Frank Ward (1906)
"social welfare Let us look more closely into the nature of social justice. The welfare or happiness of mankind consists entirely in the freedom to exercise ..."

6. Welfare: The Political Economy of Welfare Reform in the United States by Martin Anderson (1978)
"Today there are some ninety-odd social welfare programs transferring money and services from the producing to the non- producing sectors of our society. ..."

7. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1905)
"a question of social welfare, and the railroad is operated for the purpose of making money, and accordingly social welfare is a secondary consideration. ..."

8. The Wayward Welfare State by Roger A. Freeman (1981)
"According to an HEW compilation social welfare expenditures on public programs multiplied between 1960 and 1978 3.5-fold in constant dollars. ..."

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