Resources for the Welfare State

These resources talk about the welfare state and race in a global situation. It is a collection of websites that talk about the welfare state in general, who it helps, its history, and even the specifics about the U.S. and the welfare state.

http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/wstate.htm
This is a good website because it gives a general over view of the history of the welfare system and relates race and other issues to it as well.

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ag27/english
This website explains how Americans view race and welfare compared to how Europeans view race and welfare.

http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/equality.htm
This site has to do with equality in the welfare system. It has some general facts of how to deal with equality in the welfare state.

http://www.global-economic-symposium.org/solutions/the-global-polity/globalization-and-the-welfare-state/strategyperspectivefolder/points-about-globalization-and-the-welfare-state
This website talks about some of the problems that arise with welfare in globalization.

http://www.globalissues.org/article/3/structural-adjustment-a-major-cause-of-poverty
This particular website talks about the problems that poverty and welfare have and their connections. It gives quite a few major details about how the system works with poverty.

http://www.redpepper.org.uk/Global-welfare
This is one mans opinion on how the corporations that run the world can help pay for global welfare.

http://www.welfareinfo.org/
This gives a look at the welfare state in the U.S. and gives other sites to look at and what to expect from the welfare system.

http://mises.org/daily/2225
The origins of the welfare system in America are discussed to some degree in this website.

http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/858
This site talks about racism in the American welfare state.

http://www.cato.org/testimony/ct-wc67.html
The site talks about how the welfare state contributes to the rate of crime in children and in adults.

http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/19607/Welfare_Is_the_Real_Problem_Not_Immigration.html
This website talks about how immigration affects the welfare state. The main point of the article is that immigration is not the problem of the welfare state.

http://www.independent.org/issues/article.asp?id=1505
This website talks about how immigration is needed to help keep the welfare state in check
http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/welfsocf.htm
This particular website talks about how the welfare state is affected by different types of people. It talks about everything from single parents, to race, to class, and gender and does so in a general way.

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0509a.asp
This talks about the welfare state and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. It says that the welfare state was a scam and didn’t pull through.

http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/does-welfare-diminish-poverty/
This website asks the big question that everyone wants to know the answer to: Does the welfare state really help to get rid of poverty?

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