The reasons for the advent of the concept of public welfare state:
The following are the reasons for the advent of the concept of public welfare state:
1. Reaction against Individualism:
According to the principle of individualism, the scope of a state was restricted and the state adopted the policy of non – interventionism. As a result, the condition of working class became very pitiable in the era of industrial revolution. They were exploited mercilessly. The principle of public welfare state emerged as a reaction against this.
2. Fear of the influence of marxist communism:
With the publication of “Communist Manifesto” in 1848, there happened a communist revolution in Russia in 1917, which consolidated the ideology of Karl Marx. In order to check the spread of communism, western countries started to inculcate radical changes in capitalist democratic system. As a result, there developed the concept of public welfare
