The Protective State

Comparative perspective identifies common drivers of protective state-building and cross-national differences in the politics of protection.

Christopher Ansell (Author)

9781108739610, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 April 2019

75 pages
23 x 15 x 0.5 cm, 0.1 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Responsibility of states & other entities [LBBV], Central government [JPQ], Public administration [JPP], Political science & theory [JPA]