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William Beveridge

José Harris

1977488 pagesabout 7–11 hours
1977
first published
  • 1977Clarendon Press · 488 pages · ENGISBN 9780198224594
  • 1997Clarendon Press · 511 pages · ENGISBN 9780198206859

The Beveridge Plan of 1942 is regarded as the seminal document of the modern welfare state. Yet, if Beveridge was the 'father of the welfare state', he was also one of its earliest and most severe critics, as Harris reveals.

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