Webb, B.

Japanese: Webb，B.（英語表記）WebbB

…British Fabian Socialist leader. Together with his wife Beatrice Webb (1858-1943), he contributed to the construction of the welfare state. Sidney was from a lower middle-class London family, studied at night school and passed the civil service examination. He joined the Colonial Office and joined the Fabian Society in 1885. Beatrice was the 8th daughter of the great businessman Richard Potter. Influenced by her father's friend H. Spencer, she aspired to scientifically verify the social organism and began a survey of the lives of workers in the East End of London with the help of Sidney. …

From [Social Security]

…Especially in the second half of the 19th century, when the capitalist economy matured and the British economy reached the peak of prosperity, periodic depressions increased the number of poor people, and the idea that poverty was caused by social factors rather than individual factors became stronger. The minority report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law and Relief of Distress (1909) played a decisive role in changing the idea of the Poor Law, emphasizing the social nature of poverty and the diversity of its causes, and Beatrice Webb (1858-1943) was the central figure. (See the entry for SJ Webb.) They proposed the abolition of the Poor Law and the administrative organization that supported it, and emphasized the importance of preventing poverty instead of oppressing the poor. …

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Japanese:

…イギリスのフェビアン社会主義指導者。妻ビアトリスBeatrice Webb(1858‐1943)とともに福祉国家の建設に貢献した。シドニーはロンドンの下層中産階級の出身，夜学で学び文官試験に合格。植民省に入り，1885年フェビアン協会に参加。ビアトリスは大実業家リチャード･ポッターの八女。父の友人H.スペンサーの影響をうけて社会有機体の科学的検証を志し，ロンドンのイーストエンドで労働者の生活調査を始め，シドニーの協力をうける。…

【社会保障】より

…とくに資本主義経済が成熟し，イギリス経済が繁栄の頂点に達した19世紀の後半には，周期的な恐慌によって貧困者が増大するようになり，貧困の発生を個人的要因から社会的要因に求めようという考え方も強くなった。貧困の社会的性格と貧困原因の多様性を重視し，救貧法思想の改宗に決定的な役割を演じたのは，イギリスの〈救貧法および失業救済に関する王立委員会Royal Commission on the Poor Law and Relief of Distress〉での少数派報告(1909)であり，ウェッブBeatrice Webb(1858‐1943)がその中心的存在であった。(〈S.J.ウェッブ〉の項参照)彼女らは救貧法とそれを支えてきた行政組織の解体を提案し，貧困者への抑圧に代えて貧困予防の重要性を強調した。…

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