01206 a2200301 4500 1138878243 20250317100411.0 250312042015GB eng 9781138878242 Taylor & Francis GBP 46.99 BB 01 eng N thema NHD thema 3M bisac 3MPQ bisac HBLW3 bic HBJD1 bic 3J bisac HIS000000 bisac 941.082 bisac James Cronin Politics of State Expansion War, State and Society in Twentieth Century Britain 1 Oxford Routledge 20150427 320 p The expansion of the British state was neither automatic nor accidental. Rather, it was the outcome of recurring battles over the proper boundaries of the state and its role in economy and society. The Politics of State Expansion focuses on the interests arrayed on either side of this struggle; providing a new and critical perspective on the growth of the `Keynsian welfare state' and on the more recent retreat from Keynes and from collective provision. 2349 2349