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Warfare and welfare : military conflict and welfare state development in western countries / edited by Herbert Obinger, Klaus Petersen, Peter Starke.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Influence.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (496 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780191085109
- 0191085103
- 9780191824647
- 019182464X
- 9780191085093
- 019108509X
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