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Full Idea
The development of the welfare state has been quite successful in integrating the working classes into national cultures throughout the Western democracies.
Gist of Idea
The welfare state helps to integrate the working classes into a national culture
Source
Will Kymlicka (Contemporary Political Philosophy (2nd edn) [2002], 8)
Book Ref
Kymlicka,Will: 'Contemporary Political Philosophy (2nd ed)' [OUP 2002], p.328
A Reaction
Hard-line capitalists tend to hate the welfare state, as unfair to high earners, but it not only makes workers feel involved, but also provides a healthier, happier, more knowledgeable work force for employers.
| 7226 | Benefits performed by individuals, not by government, help also to educate them [Mill] |
| 23417 | If the state is neutral, there won't be sufficient community to support a welfare state [Taylor,C, by Kymlicka] |
| 23378 | The welfare state helps to integrate the working classes into a national culture [Kymlicka] |
| 23083 | Liberal welfare focuses on need rather than desert [Kekes] |
| 22832 | Welfare is needed if citizens are to accept the obligations of a liberal state [Charvet] |