Beveridge and Social Security: An International Retrospec...
Hills, John / Ditch, John / Glennerster, Howard
The Beveridge Report of 1942 captured the public imagination with its principle of universal social insurance in Britain, it became, and remained a benchmark for social security planning and its influence has been international. Beveridge's idea was to use universal benefits to remove the poverty caused by certain contingencies, such as unemployment, or retirement. This book considers the influence of Beveridge's ideas on social security, and ...