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ISBN
9781108739610
Published
2019-04-18
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Weight
100 gr
Height
230 mm
Width
150 mm
Thickness
5 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
82
Author
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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1. Thou shalt protect?; 2. The rise of the protective state; 3. The political dynamics of the protective state; 4. Varieties of the protective state; 5. Political theory and the protective state.
Comparative perspective identifies common drivers of protective state-building and cross-national differences in the politics of protection.
Product details
ISBN
9781108739610
Published
2019-04-18
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Weight
100 gr
Height
230 mm
Width
150 mm
Thickness
5 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
82
Author