From belligerent to neutral countries, the civilian war economy that developed from 1939 to 1945 created the foundations for the post-war welfare state. "In The Image of War" examines the legacy of the "warfare state" and reveals how it paved the path for the welfare state in ensuing decades. It shows how the institutional marks made by World War II were critical to capitalist reform after the war. The author argues that the warfare state was a gift to the European Left, and asserts that state expansion and the changing domestic order during the war, in most countries regardless of their stances, anticipated the welfare state. When the war ended in 1945, the reconstruction process rested on piecemeal decisions to remove or retain war time controls over the economy, ranging from state cartels to wage fixing. Klausen argues that the welfare state ratified prior changes in state society relations and represented a continuation of institutional development undertaken during the war years. The book is aimed at departments of economics and history.
- ISBN10 0333749219
- ISBN13 9780333749210
- Publish Date 5 January 1999 (first published 1 January 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 349
- Language English