It is the author’s contention that an abundance of voluntary action outside the citizen’s home, both individually and collectively, for bettering his own an

This supplementary volume to Beveridge’s important work Voluntary Action sets out some of the important material on which the Report is based, and amplifies i

William Beveridge (1879-1963) was a key figure in the modernization of British economic and social policy who published widely on unemployment and social securi

The editors have chosen substantial extracts to illustrate the major themes and ideas in Beveridge’s writing over a period of more than four decades, ranging