每个社会都有自己的福利制度,在形成福利制度或福利模式差异的原因中,文化是一个重要的变量。福利文化是人类在长期的社会福利实践活动中产生和形成的思想价值观念和规范制度,是社会保障体系的有机组成部分。因此,福利文化是决定社会保障制度体系和制度模式的极其重要的因素之一。从文化角度透视社会福利在国外已成为一个比较热门和前沿的学术研究领域。目前国内大都是从经济或是政治的角度研究社 Every society has its own welfare system, and culture is an important variable in the reason of the differences in welfare system or welfare model. Welfare culture is a kind of ideological value system and normative system that human beings produce and form in long-term practice of social welfare. It is an integral part of the social security system. Therefore, the welfare culture is one of the most important factors that determine the system and mode of social security system. From a cultural point of view, social welfare has become a relatively hot and cutting-edge academic research field in foreign countries. At present, most research institutes are either from an economic or political point of view