2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Beveridge's Economic Thought : Combining on Social Security with on Unemployment
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15530132
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic doctrine/Economic thought
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| Research Institution | Niigata Sangyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOMINE Atsushi Niigata Sangyo Univ., Econ., Associate Professor, 経済学部, 助教授 (00262387)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2004
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| Keywords | Beveridge / Keynes / Unemployment / Welfare State / Economic General Staff / Inter-war Britain / Social Security / Managed Economy |
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| Research Abstract |
Our Research has ended in success with two respects:
First, we organized an international seminar : Beveridge's Economic Thought and After, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, 31 January 2004. We invited Dr Alan Booth (University of Exeter), an authority in "Historical Keynes" project. As a keynote speaker, he read his paper entitled "Changing British Attitudes to the Welfare State : from Hobson to Thatcher". The second presenter was myself. "Beveridge on Economic General Staff". The attendance was more than 20 scholars and students.
Second, we organized a young session seminar : Economic Thought on the Welfare State : a mixture of liberal and managed economies, Chuo Memorial Hall, Tokyo, 19 February 2005. We invited five contributors : specialists on social policy, Pigou, Knight, Myrdal, and legal philosophy.
We properly positioned Beveridge's social and economic ideas in the history of economic thought, by focusing on his early, middle and later years. He combined a creation of the labour market and social security, which leaded that he established a threefold society : governmental duties (full employment and social insurance) and civic duties (voluntary action).
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