ISBN:
9780191824647
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
,
Illustrations (black and white)
Edition:
First edition
DDC:
303.485
Keywords:
Geschichte 1860-1960
;
Bewaffneter Konflikt
;
Kriegführung
;
Wohlfahrtsstaat
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
While the first half of the 20th century was characterized by total war, the second half witnessed, at least in the Western world, a massive expansion of the modern welfare state. A growing share of the population was covered by ever more generous systems of social protection that dramatically reduced poverty and economic inequality in the post-war decades. With it also came a growth in social spending, taxation and regulation that changed the nature of the modern state and the functioning of market economies. Whether and in which ways warfare and the rise of the welfare state are related, is subject of this volume. Distinguishing between three different phases (war preparation, wartime mobilization, and the post-war period), the volume provides the first systematic comparative analysis of the impact of war on welfare state development in the western world.
Note:
This edition previously issued in print: 2018
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780198779599.001.0001
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198779599.001.0001
URL:
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