Marina V.  Markheim, Alevtina E.  Novikova, Evgeniy E.  Tonkov, Anna M.  Zhornik, 
    Social State: Search of Adequate Signs,
    The Social Sciences,
    Volume 10,Issue 9,
    2015,
    Pages 2289-2291,
    ISSN 1818-5800,
    sscience.2015.2289.2291,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2015.2289.2291)
    Abstract: 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.
    Keywords: Social state;social state signs;equality;globalization;social entrepreneurship and socially-oriented state