{"product_id":"from-warfare-state-to-welfare-state-world-war-i-compensatory-state-building-and-the-limits-of-the-modern-order-paperback","title":"From Warfare State to Welfare State: World War I, Compensatory State-Building, and the Limits of the Modern Order - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarc Allen Eisner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen American history is divided into discrete eras, the New Deal stands, along with the Civil War, as one of those distinctive events that forever change the trajectory of the nation's development. The story of the New Deal provides a convenient tool of periodization and a means of interpreting U.S. history and the significance of contemporary political cleavages. Eisner's careful examination of the historical record, however, leads one to the conclusion that there was precious little \"new\" in the New Deal. If one wishes to find an event that was clearly transformative, the author argues, one must go back to World War I. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Warfare State to Welfare State \u003c\/i\u003ereveals that the federal government lagged far behind the private sector in institutional development in the early twentieth century. In order to cope with the crisis of war, government leaders opted to pursue a path of \"compensatory state-building\" by seeking out alliances with private-sector associations. But these associations pursued their own interests in a way that imposed severe constraints on the government's autonomy and effectiveness in dealing with the country's problems--a handicap that accounts for many of the shortcomings of government today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarc Allen Eisner is Professor of Government at Wesleyan University and the author of \u003ci\u003eAntitrust and the Triumph of Economics\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), \u003ci\u003eRegulatory Politics in Transition\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), and \u003ci\u003eThe State in the American Economy \u003c\/i\u003e(1995).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.91 x 5.95 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45306501496934,"sku":"9780271019963","price":81.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VW1JVEFpbmlKTDhBSTJtcVJYMXArUT09.webp?v=1774079433","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/from-warfare-state-to-welfare-state-world-war-i-compensatory-state-building-and-the-limits-of-the-modern-order-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}