Abstract

Welfare pluralism is the second classical liberalism, John Maynard Keynes - Beveridge welfare state paradigm to address after the crisis in the 1980s new theoretical paradigm. It advocates the diversification of sources of social welfare, can not completely rely on the market can not be completely dependent countries, welfare is a product of society as a whole. The background of the rise of welfare pluralism is the crisis of the welfare state and the evolution of the welfare state theorists critique; the connotation of welfare pluralism trichotomy and quartering of the different; trends of welfare pluralism there are three different views ; welfare pluralism theory of the development of China's social policy has a positive meaning. A new paradigm to solve the crisis of welfare state after the classic liberalism and the Keynes-Beverage paradigms in 1980s, welfare pluralism holds that the sources of welfare should be of diversity, neither depending on state nor market. Admitted welfare is the fruit of the whole society, this paper tries to explore the background of welfare pluralism from two perspectives: the historical development and the critics of welfare states. Focusing on the theoretical interpretation of welfare pluralism and its practical trends, the paper also displays its significance to contemporary China