The Solidarity Society
The Solidarity Society

Author: Tim Horton

Publisher: Fabian Society

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 9780716341109

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Final report of a project to commemorate the centenary of Beatrice Webb's 1909 minority report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law.

Fabianism and Culture
Fabianism and Culture

Author: Ian Britain

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-10-20

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780521021296

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This book is an attempt to remedy the neglect of the cultural and aesthetic aspects of English socialism in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. An outstanding symptom of this neglect is the way in which the Fabian Society, and its two leading lights, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, have usually been depicted as completely indifferent to art and to the artistic ramifications of socialism. Most commentators have painted Fabian socialism as a narrowly utilitarian programme of social and administrative reform, preoccupied with the mechanisms of politics and largely obvious of wider, more 'human' issues. One of the basic aims of the book is to question this bleakly philistine image, by showing the basis of the Fabians' beliefs in romancism as well as utilitarianism.

The New Serfdom
The New Serfdom

Author: Angela Eagle

Publisher: Biteback Publishing

Published: 2018-04-24

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1785903144

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Great Britain is one of the wealthiest, most successful nations in the world. Why, then, do so many people feel short-changed? The old assumption that 'if you work hard and play by the rules, you can get on in life' looks increasingly like a cruel joke. Homeownership, secure employment and fair wages seem like relics of a bygone era. Meanwhile exploitative workplace practices have created a new serfdom, leaving many people trapped in unfulfilling, underpaid work. At a time of huge political upheaval and ever-increasing inequality, this powerful new book asks: how can we build a successful economy, powered by a happy and productive workforce that benefits everyone in the twenty-first century?