Ideologies / Liberal / Beatrice Webb
§ The minds · 1858–1943 · United Kingdom · Reformer & sociologist
Beatrice Webb
The architect of reform
Evidence, institutions, the welfare idea.
Economic−36
SocialistMarket
Governance+6
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+30
TraditionalProgressive
The Fabian reformer and social researcher whose 'Minority Report' on the Poor Law sketched the welfare state, and who co-founded the LSE.
social
Progressive social reformer and researcher.
economic
Gradual collectivist reform of the mixed economy.
governance
Worked through commissions, the LSE and the Labour movement.
Notable for
- Fabian 'Minority Report'
- Co-founded the LSE
- Coined 'collective bargaining'
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