2. Do a project 'An Ideal Welfare State'.
1) Divide yourselves into groups (committees). Define the aims of each group's activity (e.g. to develop a social security programme for better functioning of the social security system). Give a name to each group, in accordance with its major aim. Appoint any member of your group/committee as chairperson.
2) Think of all the necessary aspects of your programme, including:
• basic principles
• major spheres the welfare state operates in (social security/insurance/health care)
• sources of income/provision
• taxation
• categories of citizens entitled to various benefits
• different types of benefits (major and supplementary)
• conditions upon which these benefits can be received
• organs of responsibility: government and local authorities
3) On the basis of the scheme below make your own detailed scheme and give necessary comments.
1) Divide yourselves into groups (committees). Define the aims of each group's activity (e.g. to develop a social security programme for better functioning of the social security system). Give a name to each group, in accordance with its major aim. Appoint any member of your group/committee as chairperson.
2) Think of all the necessary aspects of your programme, including:
• basic principles
• major spheres the welfare state operates in (social security/insurance/health care)
• sources of income/provision
• taxation
• categories of citizens entitled to various benefits
• different types of benefits (major and supplementary)
• conditions upon which these benefits can be received
• organs of responsibility: government and local authorities
3) On the basis of the scheme below make your own detailed scheme and give necessary comments.
