Ideologically varied states converged on Keynesian welfare management.
Evidence
But what is remarkable is the way in which national governments of quite different ideological complexions - Gaullist in France, the Labour Party in Britain, Christian Democrats in West Germany, etc. - engineered both stable economic growth and rising material living standards through a mix of welfare statism, Keynesian economic management, and control over wage relations. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 813
Categorization
- QUESTION: What explains the convergence across such different ideological regimes? Harvey gestures at structural necessity — worth probing the mechanism.
- XREF: connects to: Fordist-Keynesian capitalism expanded globally to absorb de-colonized nations — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 784; Monetarism displaced Keynesianism through a staged diffusion across elite institutions; Postwar Labour settlement redistributed wealth via Keynesian economic measures — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1059 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Postwar Labour settlement redistributed wealth via Keynesian economic measures
#exemplifies(0.85) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1059 - Monetarism displaced Keynesianism through a staged diffusion across elite institutions
#responds-to(0.80) - Fordist-Keynesian capitalism expanded globally to absorb de-colonized nations
#expands(0.75) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 784 - Global interdependence weakened national economic control and Keynesian policy
#complicates(0.75) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 188