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KMID : 0904520130330010005
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Health and Medical Sociology
2013 Volume.33 No. 1 p.5 ~ p.28
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The implication of solidarity"s value on france"s policy towards elderly dependents
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Lee Eun-Joo
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Abstract
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These days, most advanced countries execute welfare policies as a main governmental policy. When welfare policies were first implemented, the main intent was to simply provide government benefits and services for the vulnerable people in society.
But nowadays, welfare policy focuses more on the human rights of the people; it is the main role of the government as a new paradigm of welfare policies. In turn, human rights for individuals should help develop social solidarity as a result of government welfare policies. This is because capitalism creates a gap between the rich and the poor and a conflict among different classes, which causes pathology of the society.
Therefore, welfare policy should be executed not only for human rights but also for the solidarity in social classes, in different generations, and between individuals and government. Capitalistic states always deeply consider the relationship between economic policy and welfare policy, in which the people will be in solidarity or in conflict.
But beyond the priority between economy policy and welfare policy, above all we should recognize the importance of the responsibility of the government for the solidarity of the people as the basic concept of welfare policy. This is the advanced welfare state.
This study focuses on the welfare policy of France, which is based on the concept of solidarity, and we observe the role of the state for this solidarity. And finally, we have also considered our welfare policy and the role of our government with regard to the concept of solidarity.
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KEYWORD
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solidarity, role of the government, welfare policy, elderly dependents
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