Complete the account of the state's changing tasks.
The liberal state applied ______ to cases; the welfare state delivers ______. Taylor-Gooby's term for the risks the classic design misses is ______ social risks, and they fall disproportionately on women, the young and the ______.
Word bank: rules · services · new · low-skilled · transfers · old
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- The first pair contrasts two kinds of activity, not two sizes.
- The last blank names the group with the thinnest contribution records.
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The liberal state applied rules to cases; the welfare state delivers services. Taylor-Gooby's term for the risks the classic design misses is new social risks, and they fall disproportionately on women, the young and the low-skilled.
The first pair is the distinction the whole lesson rests on. Rules can be applied centrally and uniformly; services require staff exercising judgement in contact with the public, which is a different administrative problem and needs a different organisation.
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