The social state doctrine by Lorenz von Stein: a return to the sources of the social state

Abstract

However, the desire of the younger generation to reject the "welfare state", which is allegedly outdated and requires considerable material resources, and to adopt a more economical "social investment state" is still not finding unanimous support in Europe. Many social state theorists and practitioners hold an opinion that the European model must be modernized and not dethroned. 3: 12 This conclusion should impel Lithuanian researchers to more actively examine this problem. All the more so as the present socio-economic situation in the Republic of Lithuania because of a not fully formed and insufficiently functional market economy and poverty-stricken majority requires that the market economy be based on social principles.