A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain
A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain

Author: Sidney Webb

Publisher: Cambridge [etc.] : Cambridge University Press [for] the London School of Economics and Political Science

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13:

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"Beatrice and Sidney Webb were influenced by other movements, such as the socialist guilds in the United Kingdom, and developed this Constitution as a form of analysis and constructive criticism about the 1920s in Great Britain. Much of this work seeks to offer context on the history and philosophy of unionism and past cooperative interactions with local governments. The Webbs offer their ideal of a plural sovereignty; a divided social parliament into smaller committees; and wages, taxes and rices being controlled by the state. They also offer detailed plans for the court system, utilities and other ways to return power to citizens."--Amazon.

The Letters of Sidney and Beatrice Webb: Volume 3, Pilgrimage 1912-1947
The Letters of Sidney and Beatrice Webb: Volume 3, Pilgrimage 1912-1947

Author: Webb

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-10-14

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9780521083980

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This is the third and final volume of the letters of Sidney and Beatrice Webb. As leading figures in the Fabian Society, prominent historians and public figures, they numbered among their correspondents some of the most outstanding personalities of their day, including E. M. Forster, H. G. Wells, J. M. Keynes, William Beveridge and Leonard Woolf. The letters in this volume run from 1912, when the Webbs signalled a fresh start in British politics by founding the New Statesman, to the death of Beatrice in 1943 and Sidney in 1947.

Sidney and Beatrice Webb
Sidney and Beatrice Webb

Author: David Reisman

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-10-26

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 3031100085

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This book examines the economic, social and political thought of two highly influential cross-disciplinary contributors to the debate in the United Kingdom about welfare economics, social welfare, nationalisation and public policy. Active between the 1880s and the 1930s, their many books, papers, lectures and speeches shaped the discourse on heterodox economics, social democracy and the managed economy. The Webbs sat on Royal Commissions, permeated local and central government, and were instrumental in the creation of the London School of Economics. This book discusses and assesses their contribution to the broad topics of inequality, poverty, unemployment, freedom, capitalism, socialism, constitutional reform, social evolution and the historical school. Issues such as these remain at the forefront of contemporary discussions not just in Britain but throughout the world.

A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain
A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain

Author: Beatrice Potter Webb

Publisher: Goemaere Press

Published: 2013-04

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9781473300293

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This early work by Beatrice Potter Webb was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain' is a fascinating work on social history and politics. Beatrice Potter Webb was born in Gloucester, England in 1858. Both her mother and brother died early in her childhood leaving her to be raised by her father, Richard Potter. He was a successful businessman with large railroad interests and many influential friends in politics and industry whose company the young Beatrice would become accustomed to. Upon reaching adulthood, Potter moved to London and helped her cousin, Charles, a social reformer, research his book The Life and Labour of the People in London. It was during this time that she was introduced to Sidney James Webb, who later became her husband and collaborator. The Webb's, together, wrote eleven volumes of work which arguably shaped the way subsequent scholars thought about sociology. They also collaborated on more than 100 books and articles on the conditions of factory workers, and the economic history of Britain, among other subjects. "

A Historical Dictionary of British Women
A Historical Dictionary of British Women

Author: Cathy Hartley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 1031

ISBN-13: 1135355347

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This reference book, containing the biographies of more than 1,100 notable British women from Boudicca to Barbara Castle, is an absorbing record of female achievement spanning some 2,000 years of British life. Most of the lives included are those of women whose work took them in some way before the public and who therefore played a direct and important role in broadening the horizons of women. Also included are women who influenced events in a more indirect way: the wives of kings and politicians, mistresses, ladies in waiting and society hostesses. Originally published as The Europa Biographical Dictionary of British Women, this newly re-worked edition includes key figures who have died in the last 20 years, such as The Queen Mother, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw, Elizabeth Jennings and Christina Foyle.

History of Socialism
History of Socialism

Author: Harry W. Laidler

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 1010

ISBN-13: 1136231439

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This is Volume IX of eighteen in a collection on Political Sociology. Originally published in 1969, History of Socialism and presents a historical comparative study of Socialism, Communism, Trade Unionism, Cooperation, Utopianism, and other systems of reform and reconstruction.