Currently, the interest of citizens in public and social policies has increased. They expect the government to develop qualitative policies, using the necessary resources as rationally as possible. The role of the state is important in the process of providing policies aimed at achieving social protection and welfare. In order to clarify the relationship between the state and the process of policy making, we must look at the state as an institution that has survived due to the efficient management of social policies in order to prevent the social exclusion of disadvantaged persons/families. Social policy studies phenomena that transcend governmental actions and policies. Beyond social services, social policy studies a wide range of social and economic phenomena related to welfare at the individual, family or community level. Thus, the areas of interest in the study of very broad social policy, including administrative practices and policies in the field of social services, including medical services, social insurance, employment, community services, housing; social issues, including crime, disability, unemployment, mental health, old age; discrimination and disadvantages: race, ethnicity, gender, poverty and economic inequality. The objectives of the state social policies are aimed at social protection. Social protection is a result of social policies, which can be achieved by the public and private sectors. The aim of the study is to analyze the social policy from a multidisciplinary perspective. According to the analysis of the mentioned problem, the state – through the social policies it develops – is only one of the providers of individual welfare. The main consequence of the social policies developed by the state is therefore the social protection of the population, which is the result of the joint effort of several factors: the labor market, the economy, the non-governmental sector.