Abstract
Comparative studies of welfare states make a point of classifying welfare states that are already formed, and have not been considered them in historical perspective. In this paper, I develop a new type of welfare state classification based on family policy doctrines. Since the end of the nineteen century, population problems arose throughout Europe, as future declines in population were presaged by declining birthrates. In each country, professionals and statesmen discussed what family policies to adopt. This is why postwar welfare state models were established. This paper examines Sweden, France, and Britain. In Sweden, the low birth rate has given rise to many policies which gave a priority to social security systems for individuals. In France, the government has developed family policies that considered parents and children as a unit in order to cope with population problems. In Britain, it is held that the nation should not intervene in family life, and, as a result, demographic issues were not linked to family policies. Each country continues to maintain different welfare state types dating from the interwar period.
