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WELFARE STATE [28 records]

Record 1 2020-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

At the behest of the Ministry of the Office of the State Counsellor of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and in collaboration with the Kofi Annan Foundation, the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State was founded in September 2016 as a neutral and impartial body which aimed to propose concrete measures for improving the welfare of all people in Rakhine state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
OBS

Creada el 5 de septiembre de 2016 a instancia de la Consejera de Estado de Myanmar, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Record 2 2014-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
OBS

The 1982-83 Federal Women's Film Program was funded by the following departments and agencies : National Film Board of Canada; Canadian Unity Information Office; Employment and Immigration Canada; Health and Welfare Canada; Labour Canada, Women's Bureau; Secretary of State, Women's Program; Status of Women Canada; Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

Key term(s)
  • Federal Women’s Film Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
OBS

Voici la liste des ministères participant à ce programme en collaboration avec l'Office national du film du Canada : Centre d'information sur l'unité canadienne; Condition féminine Canada; Emploi et Immigration Canada; Santé et Bien-être social Canada; Secrétariat d'État - Programme de promotion de la femme; Travail Canada - Bureau de la main-d'œuvre féminine; Conseil consultatif canadien de la situation de la femme; et les autres participants au Programme fédéral des femmes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost of Living
DEF

People on average incomes who have less money than previously to buy the things they need because rising costs have not been matched by an increase in pay.

CONT

The term squeezed middle, though understood in the US, is mainly used in British English, and refers to those people who neither fall into the lowest income category, where they might get support from the welfare state, nor count among the country's top earners, for whom financial cutbacks have little personal impact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coût de la vie
CONT

Pour Steven Fielding, professeur à l'Université de Nottingham, «il reprend le thème de la squeezed middle class» (classe moyenne pressurée) qui englobe à la fois la classe ouvrière appauvrie et la classe moyenne séduite par le New Labour de Tony Blair, avant de déserter le parti.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
CONT

The Legislature confirmed a much controverted regulation of the State Social Welfare Board, upheld against county attack by the district court of appeal...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
CONT

Le ministre des Transports [...] a annoncé le retrait du règlement controversé de son projet de loi lundi.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Audio-Visual Documents
OBS

Video produced in 1986 by Full Frame Film and Video Distribution, Toronto, Ontario. A docu-drama based on interviews with women whose marriages have broken up. The character in the dramatizations is a real single mother, Carol Lalonde, who relives her experience of confronting the indifference of state welfare and court institutions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents audio-visuels
OBS

Vidéo produite en 1986 par Full Frame Film and Video Distribution, Toronto (Ontario).

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Legal Profession: Organization
OBS

The National Black Caucus of State Legislators was founded in Nashville, Tennessee in 1977 to develop, conduct and promote educational, research and training programs designed to enhance the effectiveness of its members, as they consider legislation and issues of public policy which impact, either directly or indirectly upon "the general welfare" of African-American constituents within their respective jurisdictions.

OBS

NGO [non-governmental organization].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Organización de la profesión (Derecho)
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Record 7 2006-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Public Administration (General)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
Key term(s)
  • state social welfare service

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

médicosocial : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
OBS

Our Mission. The Edmonton Humane Society is a not-for-profit organization that shelters and speaks for homeless and abused companion animals. Our Vision. Housed in a state of the art facility, the Edmonton Humane Society partners with the community to successfully find responsible life-long homes for every adoptable animal in its care and is recognized as an innovative leader in educating the public on animal welfare issues.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Oil and Natural Gas Distribution
DEF

A state whose welfare is financed from its oil revenues.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Distribution du pétrole et du gaz naturel

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Social Policy (General)
DEF

A state in which the government assumes the responsibility for maintaining the minimum standards of living for all its nationals (citizens as well as aliens legally admitted for residence).

OBS

Nanny State : the concept of welfare from cradle to grave, created after the Second World War.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Politiques sociales (Généralités)
DEF

Conception de l'État dont l'une des missions consiste en la prise en charge très complète et fondée sur une solidarité entre les catégories sociales, de divers risques sociaux (maladie, indigence, retrait d'activité, chômage [...]

CONT

Les jeunes français refusent absolument la nounoucratie socialiste de Mitterand qui leur propose une existence cotonneuse.

OBS

État providence : équivalent adopté par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des services sociaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios sociales y trabajo social
  • Políticas sociales (Generalidades)
DEF

Modelo de Estado que pretende garantizar a toda la población unos mínimos ingresos permanentes, intervenir en la distribución de la renta nacional con medidas permanentes que aseguren su más equitativo reparto y asegurar gratuitamente o a precio político unos mínimos vitales de equipamiento en bienes y servicios esenciales.

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Record 11 2004-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Baby and Child Care
OBS

Health Services and Promotion Branch Publications.

OBS

You and Your Baby, Rev. ed., Health & Welfare Canada, 1991. Information found in the Secretary of State Library Catalog.

OBS

First-4th editions publ. as: The Canadian Mother and Child.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Soins du bébé et puériculture

Spanish

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Record 12 2003-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demography
  • National and International Economics
CONT

Negative population growth would have major implications for government, especially for the nationwide, tax-financed, pay-as-you-go pension programs that are the central feature of the modern welfare state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Démographie
  • Économie nationale et internationale
CONT

Une croissance négative de la population aurait des répercussions majeures pour l'État, en particulier dans le domaine des régimes nationaux de retraite par répartition, financés par prélèvements obligatoires, qui constituent la pièce centrale de l'État providence moderne.

Spanish

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Record 13 2002-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Social Services and Social Work

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 14 2002-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Social Problems
DEF

A parent who is at risk of abusing his children.

CONT

Hawaii's Healthy Start program, funded by the state, intervenes from day one. A case worker interviews new parents in the hospital shortly after their baby is born. The aim is to identify parents at risk of abusing their children : teen mothers, alcoholics, drug users, welfare recipients, or people who have been themselves abused, either by their own parents or their spouses.... Without intervention, some 20% of high-risk parents can be expected to mistreat their children....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

Ce projet est destiné aux parents isolés à risque élevé (des parents d'enfants d'âge préscolaire qui ont été identifiés par les travailleurs de la protection de l'enfance comme étant particulièrement susceptibles de négliger ou de maltraiter leurs enfants).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de la familia
  • Problemas sociales
CONT

Se refiere a los progenitores o padres adoptivos que podrían incurrir en negligencia o maltrato contra sus hijos.

OBS

Según la opinión de algunos expertos en la materia, el hecho de que una mujer primeriza haya practicado un aborto parece cambiar la relación que ésta establece con hijos de embarazos subsiguientes, ya que el dolor que esconde afecta de alguna manera a los hijos nacidos posteriormente y los hace más susceptibles al maltrato y a la negligencia de los padres.

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Record 15 2002-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

Capitalism characterized by a concern for the welfare of various social groupings(as workers) expressed usually through social-security programs, collective-bargaining agreements, state industrial codes, and other guarantees against insecurity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Doctrinas, políticas y sistemas económicos
  • Trabajo y empleo
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Record 16 2001-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
  • National and International Economics
DEF

... an economic doctrine... characterized by state ownership of the means of production, centralized economic planning, and the redistribution of income through taxation and social welfare programs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
  • Économie nationale et internationale
DEF

Doctrine économique et sociale recherchant les conditions d'une société égalitaire dans laquelle les rapports entre les hommes seraient dégagés des formes d'exploitation et où les intérêts collectifs prendraient le pas sur les intérêts particuliers. Cette définition incomplète peut s'appliquer aux nombreuses formes, variantes et tendances du socialisme [...].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Doctrinas, políticas y sistemas económicos
  • Economía nacional e internacional
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Record 17 2001-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
DEF

A state of the economy in which all economic resources are allocated and used efficiently, such that it is impossible to make anyone economically better off without making someone else economically worse off.

CONT

The basic starting point of much of welfare economics is the theorem that the result of a system of perfect competition under ideal conditions is a "Pareto optimum. "A Pareto optimum is a state of affairs which cannot be altered to the advantage of one participant without at least some disadvantage to some other person. In general, for any state which is not a Pareto optimum, there will exist another feasible state which would be preferred to the original one by all concerned.

Key term(s)
  • Paretian optimum

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
DEF

État de l'économie où, étant donné la répartition des ressources, nul ne peut améliorer sa position sans détériorer celle d'un autre.

CONT

L'optimum de Pareto comporte la réalisation de deux groupes de conditions définissant respectivement, l'optimalité des productions et celle des échanges. Un optimum de production est atteint lorsque, avec des ressources données, il est impossible d'augmenter la production d'un bien, sans diminuer celle d'au moins un autre bien. [...] Un optimum de l'échange est une situation telle, que l'on ne peut, avec des quantités de biens données, augmenter la satisfaction d'un consommateur sans diminuer celle d'au moins un autre individu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Doctrinas, políticas y sistemas económicos
DEF

Situación en la cual ninguna redistribución admisible de los productos o factores podría aumentar el nivel de utilidad de una economía sin disminuir el nivel de otras.

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Record 18 2000-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
CONT

... In October, California's Industrial Welfare Commission decided to up the state minimum wage by $1 to $6. 75 over the next two years...

CONT

United Nations Interregional Seminar on Industrial Social Welfare.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
CONT

Séminaire interrégional des Nations Unies sur la protection sociale industrielle.

Spanish

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Record 19 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Amalgamation and Partnerships (Finance)
  • Corporate Economics
DEF

Purchase of a state owned company by a foreign state owned company. A large number of important domestic companies in foreign hands is potentially dangerous to a country's economy and social welfare if its productive resources become subject to trans-national decisions.

OBS

inward acquisition: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fusion, absorption et coparticipation (Finances)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
DEF

Achat effectué par une entreprise étrangère à une entreprise nationale. Si le nombre d'entreprises nationales en mains étrangères est élevé, ceci peut troubler la paix sociale et l'économie d'un pays, puisque le tissu productif est vulnérable aux décisions et intérêts étrangers.

OBS

acquisition interne : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Consolidación y asociaciones (Finanzas)
  • Economía empresarial
DEF

Compra que una empresa extranjera realiza de una empresa nacional. Un elevado número de firmas importantes nacionales en manos foráneas puede no ser beneficioso para la economía y la paz social de un país, al quedar el tejido productivo expuesto a decisiones e intereses supranacionales.

OBS

adquisición interna: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 20 1997-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
CONT

The colloquium brings together five of Canada's leading sociologists to discuss the catalytic role played by The Vertical Mosaic in the development of major subject areas of Canadian sociology(class, power, ethnicity, elites, gender, education, social justice, the liberal welfare state) and to describe and assess the key changes in these areas, 1965-1995.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale
CONT

[...] la société canadienne forme une mosaïque verticale dans laquelle certains groupes ethniques étaient privilégiés sur les plans économique et social.

Spanish

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Record 21 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symposium Titles
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
OBS

Sponsored by UNRISD [United Nations Research Institute for Social Development]; planned to be held in Copenhagen in the same week as the Social Summit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de symposiums
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de simposios
  • Seguridad social y seguro de desempleo
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Record 22 1996-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
OBS

This program of Human Resources Development Canada brings together : the cost-shared program activity and elements of social development activity from the former Department of Health and Welfare Canada; the education support activity and elements of the social development activity from the former Department of the Secretary of State; and the national literacy program from the former Department of Multiculturalism and Citizenship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
OBS

Ce programme de Développement des ressources humaines Canada intègre les programmes à frais partagés et certains éléments du développement social de l'ancien ministère de la Santé et du Bien-être social, l'aide à l'éducation et des éléments du développement social de l'ancien Secrétariat d'État, ainsi que le programme national d'alphabétisation de l'ancien ministère du Multiculturalisme et de la Citoyenneté.

Spanish

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Record 23 1995-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

1991. Sponsor : Health and Welfare Canada, the Seniors Secretariat, Fitness and Amateur Sport, Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Veterans Affairs Canada, the Department of the Secretary of State and Communications Canada.

OBS

Statistics Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Survey on Aging and Independence
  • National Survey on Aging and Independence
  • National Survey on Ageing and Independence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Statistique Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Enquête nationale sur le vieillissement et l'autonomie

Spanish

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Record 24 1994-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

An advocate of welfare programs such as public relief for the poor, unemployment insurance, social security, etc. ;one who believes in the principles of the welfare state.

OBS

Often used attributively: The welfarist society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 25 1990-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
OBS

21-24 February 1988, Ottawa, Ontario; Information confirmed by the Office of the Minister of State for Seniors, Health and Welfare Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Workshop on Ethnicity and Aging

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
OBS

Tenu du 21 au 24 février 1988, Ottawa, Ontario; Renseignement confirmé par le Cabinet du Ministre d'État pour le troisième âge.

Spanish

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Record 26 1987-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Sociology of Old Age
OBS

Joint product of : Statistics Canada, Health & Welfare Canada, Secretary of State Canada, 1986.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse

Spanish

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Record 27 1981-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
OBS

The state also spends on welfare transfers, which go to particular individuals in the community for them to spend on their private needs and wants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix

Spanish

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Record 28 1981-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
OBS

Payments are made to veterans, old people, the handicapped, pensioned workers and their families, and unemployed people. This category of "transfer expenditure" deserves further discussion. Because of it the modern mixed economy system is sometimes called the "welfare state".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique

Spanish

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