TOWARDS THE ISSUE OF NATURE AND PROBLEMS OF A WELFARE STATE

The purpose of this article is to analyze the representation of the welfare state issues in academic literature; to provide a definition of the concept of welfare state and its features; to reveal the prospects for state–society relationship. The procedure and methods of the research correlate with the comparison of the concept of a welfare state adjoining to the concept and nature of government. The results of the conducted research are the following: welfare state means not only social security from the state, but also structural reforming of the society; welfare state is being transformed from a theoretical concept into practices of political management through the realization of state social policy. The relevance of the article is due to the fact that the concept of social justice is one of the key concepts of welfare state, however the nature and definition of this concept have not been sufficiently developed either in science, or in practice. The materials of the article can be used in further research and lecturing. © CC BY Ходусов А.А., 2018. 114 ISSN 2072-8557 Вестник Московского государственного областного университета. Серия: Юриспруденция 2018 / No 4