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The Laissez-Faire Experiment
- Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914
Af: W. Walker Hanlon
Engelsk Hardback
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The Laissez-Faire Experiment
- Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914
Af: W. Walker Hanlon
Engelsk Hardback
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Why Britain’s attempt at small government proved unable to cope with the challenges of the modern worldIn the nineteenth century, as Britain attained a leading economic and political position in Europe, British policymakers embarked on a bold experiment with small and limited government. By the outbreak of the First World War, however, this laissez-faire philosophy of government had been abandoned and the country had taken its first steps toward becoming a modern welfare state. This book tells the story of Britain’s laissez-faire experiment, examining why it was done, how it functioned, and why it was ultimately rejected in favor of a more interventionist form of governance. Blending insights from modern economic theory with a wealth of historical evidence, W. Walker Hanlon traces the slow expansion of government intervention across a broad spectrum of government functions in order to understand why and how Britain gave up on laissez-faire. It was not abandoned because Britain’s leaders lost faith in small government as some have suggested, nor did it collapse under the growing influence of working-class political power. Instead, Britain’s move away from small government was a pragmatic and piecemeal response—by policymakers who often deeply believed in laissez-faire—to the economic forces unleashed by the Industrial Revolution.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
504
ISBN-13:
9780691213415
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0691213410
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Udg. Dato:
10 sep 2024
Længde:
37mm
Bredde:
244mm
Højde:
168mm
Forlag:
Princeton University Press
Oplagsdato:
10 sep 2024
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