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The Boundaries of the state in modern Britain
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This innovative book provides an essential historical perspective on the boundaries of the state in modern Britain. The collection of inter-disciplinary studies gathered here is unimpressed by the ...
This innovative book provides an essential historical perspective on the boundaries of the state in modern Britain. The collection of inter-disciplinary studies gathered here is unimpressed by the apparent 'rise' of the state before 1979 and its supposed 'decline' in the wake of Thatcherism. The Boundaries of the State in Modern Britain constitutes a comprehensive and coherent attempt to delineate the many and varying aspects of public involvement in private life during the twentieth century. It shows how the state has advanced into some areas of life, whilst vacating others. It explores the impact of these changes on civil society and intellectual life in Britain. Finally, the contributors consider where the state might be going in the twenty-first century.
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- Creator
- edited by S.J.D. Green and R.C. Whiting
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 403 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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- ISBNs
- 9780511660351, 9780521455374, 9780521522229, 9780521455374
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- 1 -- Introduction: the shifting boundaries of the state in modern Britain / S.J.D. Green and R.C. Whiting -- 2 -- Political thought and the state / Jose Harris -- 3 -- 'Boundaries' in theoretical language about the British State / Michael Bentley -- 4 -- The twilight of the British state?: Henry Dubb versus sceptred awe / David Marquand -- 5 -- Thinking about the state and the economy / Robert Skidelsky -- 6 -- The size and scope of the public sector / Roger Middleton -- 7 -- The boundaries of taxation / R.C. Whiting -- 8 -- Economic knowledge and the state in modern Britain / G.C. Peden -- 9 -- The dilemmas of welfare: Titmuss, Murray and Mead / Alan Deacon -- 10 -- Medicine and the English state, 1901-1948 / Anne Digby -- 11 -- The English state and educational theory / Adrian Wooldridge -- 12 -- British national identity and the First World War / J.M. Winter -- 13 -- A state of siege? The state and political violence / Charles Townshend