Most analyses of welfare states deal with public welfare, fewer with welfare
in civil society, and even fewer exist in relation to fiscal and occupational
welfare in Titmuss’s understanding. The possible consequences of this division
will be highlighted in the next section. The section will also examine how we
can measure total societal spending on welfare. Section 3 will present, albeit
briefly, due to space limitations, data as suggested by the analysis in Section 1.
Section 4 will offer some preliminary conclusions concerning the meaning of
“welfare” and welfare states.