HIST 253 Lecture 2: HIST 253 W1L 2
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Grand design, case that sate responding to problems of industrialization, grand political project, what is going on. How is it that country that gave idea of laissez faire, minimalism state had most efficient and effective states on eve of wwi, how and why should we care. Readings: derek fraser, evolution of the british welfare state, introduction, on theories of the welfare state. James buchanan, two page excerpt explaining "public choice" economics: theories of the welfare state, whig (cid:894)teleologi(cid:272)al (cid:448)ie(cid:449)(cid:895). The (cid:449)elfa(cid:396)e state as a (cid:374)e(cid:272)essa(cid:396)(cid:455), logi(cid:272)al, just, (cid:858)good(cid:859) thi(cid:374)g, that can be explained looking back in linear fashion. March of progress, advance of civilization: gets name from 18th and 19th british political scene, historians associate with. Big business and focuses more on us and sweden in 1930s: how important support of business leaders were to passage of social legislation. Intergenerational inequality thesis (david thomson of nz, louis chauvel of.
