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Ideologies / Socialist / Sidney Webb
Sidney Webb — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1859–1947 · United Kingdom · Reformer

Sidney Webb

Fabian gradualism

The inevitability of gradualness.

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Governance+30
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Social+35
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The Fabian who, with Beatrice Webb, drafted Labour's socialist constitution and founded the LSE, embodying socialism's gradualist, administrative wing.

social

Reform-minded, sometimes austere, progressive.

economic

Gradual public ownership through expert administration.

governance

Permeate institutions; socialism by steady democratic reform.

Notable for
  • Drafted Labour's Clause IV
  • Co-founded the LSE
  • Fabian gradualism
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