William Beveridge
Subtitle: a biography
By: José Harris.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Oxford, England; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 511
Subjects: Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge, Baron, 1879-1963.; Economists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-503) and index.