The Webbs, Fabianism and Feminism: Fabianism and the Political Economy of Everyday Life

by Peter Beilharz, Chris Nyland

Overview

This book seeks to explore the understanding of Fabianism of both the Webbs and the Fabian Women’s Group and how this understanding shaped their views regarding such gender-centred issues as the family wage; protective labour law; and women’s place in the welfare state, the home and the labour market.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138272071
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/11/2016
Series:	Avebury Series in Philosophy
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter Beilharz, Chris Nyland

Table of Contents

Contents: Fabianism and feminism: the political economy of everyday life; Fabianism; The Webbs and the rights of women; Beatrice Webb and the new statesman papers; Beatrice Webb and the Fabian women’s group; Beatrice Webb and the national standard for manual handling; Fabianism and Marxism: sociology and political economy; Bibliography.

Editorial Reviews

Seven essays that five authors have written and published over the past decade look at Fabianism, the leftist political thought and movement that scholars and activists now generally consider ordinary and uninteresting, and the remarkable British sisters who advocated it around the turn of the century. The political economy of everyday life, the Webbs and the rights of women, the Fabian Women's Group, the National Standard for Manual Handling, and Fabianism and Marxism are among the perspectives presented. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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