Centre for American and West European Studies
School of International Studies

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON
WELFARE STATE SYSTEMS: DEVELOPMENT AND CHALLENGES
9-11 APRIL 2001

A 3-day international seminar on Welfare State Systems: Development and Challenges was held on 9 – 11 April 2001 at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Among the paper presenters at the seminar were scholars from Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, South Africa, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Their papers dealt with themes ranging from general theoretical aspects of welfare state system to the specific situations prevailing in many countries across the world. The countries which have received special focus at the seminar are Austria, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa and Sweden.

The discussions at the seminar reiterated the validity of the welfare state system for the general well-being of the inhabitants of the world, and underlined the need to pursue the path of building welfare state systems across the world to simultaneously promote growth and distributive justice, to take humanity progressively towards a new society free from fear and want, while recognising the existence of differing countries and societies and different stages of their development.

After three days intense deliberations on the welfare state systems across the world, the seminar participants made a unanimous Declaration, containing ‘Twelve Theses’.  

The seminar was inaugurated by Professor Asis Datta, JNU Vice Chancellor at a function presided over  by Professor Harbans Mukhia, JNU Rector. Mr. Pradip Bose, President, Indian Centre for Democratic Socialism, New Delhi delivered the Keynote Address. Professor B.Vivekanandan, convenor of the seminar, gave a brief description of the objectives of the seminar.

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