William Beveridge: A BiographyThis new edition of Harris's biography of William Beveridge draws upon extensive new archive material about his private and public career. It expands the account given in the first edition of the origins and reception of the Beveridge Plan, and shows how the tortuous character of Beveridge's personal and emotional history helped to shape his contribution to twentieth-century social reform. |
Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
A Private Life | 6 |
A LateVictorian Childhood | 43 |
Copyright | |
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administrative AHBP Annette argued ASB to HB Balliol Barnett Beatrice Webb believed benefits Beveridge Plan Beveridge Report Beveridge's Board of Trade British Carré Churchill Committee critical Denman Dunn Gardner early employers full employment G. D. H. Cole ideas increasingly industrial J. M. Keynes Jessy Mair July June Keynes labour exchanges Lady Beveridge Papers Laski later Liberal Llewellyn Smith Lloyd George Lord Mair to WHB Ministry Munitions Nevertheless official Oxford party Passfield Papers pensions political Poor Law post-war poverty problems proposals R. H. Tawney Richard Denman scheme Sept SIC minutes Sidney Webb social insurance social policy social reform social security society suggested Tawney Toynbee Hall trade union unemployed unemployment insurance University voluntary W. H. Beveridge wages Webb's diary WHB to ASB WHB's women workers workmen wrote
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