From warfare state to welfare state : World War I, compensatory state-building, and the limits of the modern order
"From Warfare State to Welfare State reveals that the federal government lagged far behind the private sector in institutional development in the early twentieth century. In order to cope with the crisis of war, government leaders opted to pursue a path of "compensatory state-building" by building alliances with private-sector associations. But these associations pursued their own interests in a way that imposed severe constraints on the government's autonomy and effectiveness in dealing with the country's problems - a handicap that accounts for many of the shortcomings of government today."--Page 4 of cover
eBook, English, ©2000
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