How did Otto von Bismarck’s conservative and autocratic government view social services for citizens?
a) The government believed in providing citizens with state pensions, unemployment benefits, and paid leave for illness and injury, as well as kindergartens for children.
b) The government believed that it should provide work for the citizenry and the citizens should be responsible for their own welfare by saving for their needs.
Consider This: How did Bismarck’s policies work in the enclaves of immigrants arriving in Germany? See 8.4.1: The Watchful State.
c) Bismarck believed that the government should support local craft guilds as well as newer unions in creating a social safety net.
Consider This: How did Bismarck’s policies work in the enclaves of immigrants arriving in Germany? See 8.4.1: The Watchful State.
d) Bismarck believed that religious organizations were better equipped to offer social services because the bureaucracy required to manage government-funded programs would be too intrusive on the lives of citizens.
Consider This: How did Bismarck’s policies work in the enclaves of immigrants arriving in Germany? See 8.4.1: The Watchful State.
a) The government believed in providing citizens with state pensions, unemployment benefits, and paid leave for illness and injury, as well as kindergartens for children.
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