TY - BOOK ID - 85645732 TI - The protective state PY - 2019 SN - 1108605427 1108667082 1108753736 110873961X PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Common good. KW - Public interest. KW - State, The KW - Common good KW - Good, Common KW - Public good KW - Political science KW - Consensus (Social sciences) KW - Justice KW - Public interest UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85645732 AB - 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. ER -