| Resumo: | Etimologically, the term of welfare state consists of two words welfare and
state. Welfare means prosperity or safety, and state is defined as an agency of the
society that having a power to control the relation of people and produce the
symptoms of power within the society. The term of welfare state is often called in
bahasa as negara kesejahteraan.
The term of welfare state was used in English by Archbishop York from UK
in 1940 as the response and resistance of warfare state from Nazi Hitler in Germany.
Welfare state was conducted firstly in Europe and US. This program has been
conducted to improve the economic system of capitalism more compassionate and to
protect the weak within the society as the result of �wickedness� of capitalism.
However, the program of welfare state, as time goes by, that has been
conducted by capitalism has not worked to create prosperity for the people. The
poverty and injustice are still happening until now. These are happening since the
misleading of capitalism that only focuses on the material aspect without followed by
spiritual uplift.
It is different from Islamic welfare state that gives the interrelated
comprehensive concept. This linkage consists of the roles of state and religion to
increase economic development towards the existence of state creating social
prosperity within the society. Therefore, besides material development, Islamic
welfare state also focuses on the moral aspect as a social control for the human
prosperity. Unfortunately, the idea and concept of Islamic welfare state has not tested
yet concretely in a country.
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