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Mass Warfare and the Welfare State – Causal Mechanisms and Effects

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  • Obinger, Herbert
  • Petersen, Klaus

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The question of whether and how war has influenced the development of advanced Western welfare states is contested. This article provides a systematic review of the state of the art and outlines an agenda for a comparative analysis of the warfare–welfare state nexus that is informed by an explicit consideration of the underlying causal mechanisms. By distinguishing between three different phases (war preparation, warfare and post-war period) it provides a systematic overview of possible causal mechanisms linking war and the welfare state and a discussion of likely effects of war for belligerent, occupied and neutral countries in the age of mass warfare stretching approximately from the 1860s to the 1960s.

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  • Obinger, Herbert & Petersen, Klaus, 2017. "Mass Warfare and the Welfare State – Causal Mechanisms and Effects," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 47(1), pages 203-227, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:47:y:2017:i:01:p:203-227_00
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    6. Sara Torregrosa Hetland & Oriol Sabaté, 2018. "Income tax and war inflation: was the ‘blood tax’ compensated by taxing the rich?," Working Papers 18010, Economic History Society.

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