Progressivism and the World of Reform: New Zealand and the Origins of the American Welfare State
In this major reinterpretation of the Progressive era, Peter Coleman argues that the American welfare state had its origins in what he calls the world-wide crisis of capitalism. Here and abroad, reformers, no longer content to treat the symptoms of distress, sought to achieve social, political, and economic justice by abandoning laissez faire in favor of governmental intervention. This study thoroughly documents the external forces that shaped the American Progressive movement and shows that the reformers' agenda for change drew heavily on foreign ideas and models as well as the American reform tradition. Tracing the international cross-curre…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7006-0321-3
- EAN: 9780700603213
- Produktnummer: 8264177
- Verlag: Univ Pr Of Kansas
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1987
- Seitenangabe: 262 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.5 cm 590 g
- Gewicht: 590
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