welfare dependency

collocation in English

meaningsofwelfareanddependency

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welfare
noun[U]
uk
/ˈwel.feər/us
/ˈwel.fer/
help given, especially by the state or an organization, to people who need it, especially because they do not have ...
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dependency
noun
uk
/dɪˈpen.dən.si/us
/dɪˈpen.dən.si/
a situation in which you need something or someone and are unable to continue normally ...
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(Definition ofwelfareanddependencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In return for these expenses, however, the state achieved an equally dramatic drop inwelfaredependency.
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And, it will help to reducewelfaredependency.
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But at the heart of these two perspectives is a shared concern aboutwelfaredependency.
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Reducingwelfaredependencyfor lone parents has several possible objectives; minimising welfare expenditures, maximising the employment rate, improving the socioeconomic status of women, or improving conditions for their children.
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Disability and age (along with gender) were the key components in this construction, defining broad categories ofwelfaredependencyand labour force exemption.
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Two specific discourses - those ofwelfaredependencyand social exclusion - are highlighted, and their mediation through scientific discourses examined.
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While concerns about social exclusion andwelfaredependencyreflect certain values and beliefs, as mentioned above these have largely been couched in a traditional scientific discourse.
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The arguments, about increasing efficiency and guarding against the rise of 'welfaredependency', used to promote an expanded role for non-state actors are consistent with international developments.
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Instead, concerns about teenage motherhood are articulated through the discourses ofwelfaredependency and social exclusion, the ideological foundation of which is masked by its mediation through scientific literature.
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This concern is primarily articulated through the interrelated discourses ofwelfaredependencyand social exclusion, and legitimised through scientific discourse.
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From a social policy perspective, it is the assumedwelfaredependencyof these groups that underpins their conflation.
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Passive 'welfaredependency' has to be challenged and people must be prompted - compelled if necessary - to take more responsibility for their welfare needs.
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Our objectives is to reduce poverty andwelfaredependencyand to promote work incentives.
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In their own way, they are all forms ofwelfaredependency.
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I agree with the policy aim of moving people fromwelfaredependencyinto work.
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Our objective is to reduce poverty andwelfaredependencyand to promote work incentives.
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Our aim is to reduce poverty andwelfaredependencyand to promote work incentives.
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When we reform pensions andwelfaredependencywe must also solve that problem.
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The manifesto set out our objective of providing work incentives and reducing poverty andwelfaredependency.
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