TY - JOUR T1 - Social State: Search of Adequate Signs AU - Markheim, Marina V. AU - Novikova, Alevtina E. AU - Tonkov, Evgeniy E. AU - Zhornik, Anna M. JO - The Social Sciences VL - 10 IS - 9 SP - 2289 EP - 2291 PY - 2015 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2015.2289.2291 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2015.2289.2291 KW - Social state KW -social state signs KW -equality KW -globalization KW -social entrepreneurship and socially-oriented state AB - This study describes the signs of the welfare state, according to the analysis of studies concerning modern interpretations and the trends of a social state development, subject to certain theoretical developments of European and domestic sociologists. The researchers presented the experience of various countries to consolidate the provisions about the social character of a state in the fundamental laws; the statistical data of international organizations are analyzed in the context of identifying of a welfare state signs identification; the role of a social entrepreneurship and its public support is clarified; the theoretical proposals (clarifying the interpretation of a social and a socially-oriented state) are formulated. ER -