Cora Zoltán: Will the poor always be with you? : the Beveridge Plan, the creation of the modern British welfare state, and its reception in Europe and Hungary. In: Papers in English and American studies : Tomus XXVIII. - New Horizons in English and American Studies: Papers from the Doctoral Program, (28). pp. 185-204. (2024)
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Abstract
The study evaluates British social policy during the Second World War in view of recent scholarship, exploring the Beveridge Report and its reception in Europe and Hungary. My study covers an uncharted dimension of the Beveridge Report as fundamental research based on archival sources. The British welfare plan, created in 1942 by Beveridge and his colleagues, received an expansive reaction in Europe; therefore, the Hungarian reception fit into the wider international transfer processes of the welfare model, which was supported by the British Labour Party. The question arises as to what extent the Beveridge Plan contributed to and affected various Hungarian endeavours of welfare politics during the war and the Hungarian welfare state based on the conservative Bismarckian model. I argue that the plan was received in an adaptive and selective manner, and its arguments were used in connection to the key issues of Hungarian social policy. The reception of the plan fell in line with the major goals of productive social policy: guaranteeing minimum subsistence and selfsupporting living became central elements of both welfare paradigms. Using Beveridge’s arguments, one could effectively support various Hungarian welfare ideas. In particular, the wartime discourse of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party and other leftish and Christiansocialist political actors frequently used the notions and arguments of the British plan when arguing for the necessity of universalism in social insurance, especially unemployment insurance in Hungary, which had long-term consequences.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Papers in English and American studies : Tomus XXVIII. - New Horizons in English and American Studies: Papers from the Doctoral Program |
| Date: | 2024 |
| Volume: | 28 |
| ISSN: | 0230-2780 |
| ISBN: | 978-963-688-029-3 |
| Page Range: | pp. 185-204 |
| Series Name: | Acta Universitatis Szegediensis de Attila József nominatae : papers in english and american studies |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | SZTE IEAS |
| Place of Publication: | Szeged |
| Related URLs: | https://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/86285/ |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Szociálpolitika - Magyarország, Beveridge-terv, Jóléti állam |
| Additional Information: | Bibliogr.: p. 201-204. és a lábjegyzetekben ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
| Subjects: | 05. Social sciences 05. Social sciences > 05.06. Political science |
| Date Deposited: | 2025. Mar. 21. 13:50 |
| Last Modified: | 2025. Mar. 31. 13:41 |
| URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/86795 |
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