Chapter
The Welfare State
Social welfare institutions and philanthropic foundations.
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The Welfare System
1883 CEInstitutional FormState provision of social protection for citizens against poverty, illness, unemployment, and old age
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The Public School System
1717 CEInstitutional FormState-organized compulsory education providing universal schooling for citizens
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The Health Insurance
1883 CEInstitutional FormCollective financing mechanism pooling risk and resources to pay for medical care
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Rockefeller Foundation
1913 CEPioneering philanthropic foundation transforming global public health through strategic science-based interventions
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The Prison System
1790 CEInstitutional FormInstitutional incarceration as primary punishment, confining offenders in state-operated facilities
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