Cambridge History of 20th Century Political Thought
Contributors: Terence Ball (Editor); Richard Bellamy (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 766
ISBN-13: 9780521563543
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Political science & theory; Social & political philosophy; World history: from c 1900 -; 20th century; Political Science; History; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Politics - Current Events; General; History & Theory - General; Political Ideologies - General; Political Science / History & Theory
First sentence: The welfare state - the overriding objective of domestic politics in most developed Western states during the first half of the twentieth century - was a product of fundamental changes in the conceptualisation both of welfare and of the state.