On the Interpretation of the Concept of “Social Protection of the Population”.

Abstract

There are many approaches in scientific literature for interpreting the concept “social protection of the population”. They all suggest many varieties of how to explain it. Some suggest defining the social protection as a complex of procedures directed towards promoting stable profit of the different groups of the population. Other approaches consider social protection as a system of social risks’ regulation. There is no cumulative opinion also on how the social protection of the population connects with relevant notions like social state, a welfare state, social security, and social policy. The article discusses those issues. Particularly, it has an aim to generalize the main scientific descriptions and explanations of that concept and to interpret its connections with the notions mentioned above. The article also describes the opportunities for analyzing social protection by applying system analysis methodologies adopted by sociology.

Keywords

• social protection of population, social state, welfare state, social security, social policy