soc ignore Flashcards
Who first coined the term ‘socialism’?
Charles Fourier
Where did socialism grow from?
Similar to Liberalism - political ideas that grew from the rationalism of the Enlightenment.
Where are ideas of revolutionary socialism mostly derived from?
The workings of Marx and Engels.
Known as Marxism.
Who adapted the ideas of Marxism?
Rosa Luxemburg.
What is the main difference between Luxembourg’s socialism and Marxism?
She insisted on democracy as the best vehicle for achieving communism.
Democracy must then continue in a post-revolutionary communist society.
What is evolutionary socialism?
Oppostion to radical change, preferring gradual change within existing parliamentary structure.
Socialism will eventually emerge through democratic change.
What did Webb argue about capitalism?
It must be gradually reformed via parliament to achieve a socialist state.
This would occur via mass nationalisation and state management by a socialist elite to ensure social justice.
When did social democracy emerge?
1950s.
How does social democracy view the previous forms of socialism?
Marxism as irrelevant.
Democratic socialism as outdated.
What does social democracy value above all else?
Social justice above common ownership and achieves this via reworking existing capitalist systems democratically.
Who created the idea behind the ‘third way’?
Anthony Giddens (b. 1938)
What did Giddens see his version of socialism as?
A renewal of social democracy with an added neo-liberal twist.
Who did the ideas of ‘Third Way’ socialism inspire?
Tony Blair’s New Labour
Bill Clinton’s Democrats
