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Protective State

Part of the Elements in Public Policy series
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The modern state protects citizens from many different harms, from industrial accidents to airline crashes.

This Element illuminates a distinctive politics of protection that transcends policy sectors as diverse as criminal justice, consumer protection, and public health.

Adopting a comparative and historical perspective, the Element identifies common drivers of protective state-building as well as cross-national differences in the politics of protection.

The Element concludes by examining political theories of the protective state, which seek to defend and critique the obligations for and the limits of state protection.

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Product Details
Cambridge University Press
1108753736 / 9781108753739
eBook (EPUB)
320.6
18/04/2019
English
73 pages
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