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welfare state

form of government that protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of its citizens
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Summary

welfare state is a type of policy[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of type of policy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,832 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: concept[3]
  • Subclass of: state model[4]
  • Commons category: Welfare state[5]
  • Said to be the same as: social state[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Welfare state[7]
  • Facet of: economic support[8], social policy[9]
  • Described by source: Red Blue Translator[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

welfare state has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

social policy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → welfare-state
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: welfare-state, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289971131|welfare state (#289971131)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 16w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → geroves-valstybe
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: geroves-valstybe"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0208529-socialni-stat
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0208529-socialni-stat, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 6930, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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