11.3 Workers' control Flashcards
WORKERS’ CONTROL: REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALISM
WORKERS’ CONTROL: REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALISM
What did Marx and Engels envisage in the immediate aftermath of a revolution?
A transitional period where the formerly exploited workers were in control
What did Marx and Engels believe about this transitional period where workers were in control?
It would be a short period which would see society and the economy re-embracing forgotten cooperative, collective and fraternal values
Why did Marx and Engels believe there would eventually be no need for workers’ control?
Communism would be free from the exploitation of capitalistic competition
WORKERS’ CONTROL: DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM
WORKERS’ CONTROL: DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM
Did Beatrice Webb believe in workers’ control?
No
What is a Webb quote about not having faith in workers?
‘We do not have faith in the ‘‘average sensual man’’, we do not believe that he can do more than describe his grievances
What did Beatrice Webb’s husband draft?
Clause IV for the Labour Party
How did Webb believe the evils of capitalism would be solved?
By the working class voting for socialism
What is a Webb quote about the role of the state changing?
The state would ‘silently change its character … from police power, to housekeeping on a national scalee’
Who did Webb want to run the socialist society?
A highly trained elite of administrators and specialists - technocratic class
WORKERS’ CONTROL: SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND THE THIRD WAY
WORKERS’ CONTROL: SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND THE THIRD WAY
What do social democrats view workers’ control as?
Outdated
What do social democrats believe about capitalism?
It had largely been reformed of its most exploitative traits
Why was Crosland unwilling to sanction further nationalisation?
He believed it would threaten individual liberty
What did Crosland support in the 1950s?
Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell’s attempt to amend Clause IV of the Labour party
What did Anthony Giddens see workers’ control as?
Impracticable
Why did Giddens see workers’ control as impracticable?
He believed the average worker lacked the skills or expertise to successfully lead or manage their workplace
What was Giddens against, which Crosland was for?
A mixed economy
Why did Giddens argue against a mixed economy?
Nationalised companies could not compete with the amount of wealth the free market creates
When did Tony Blair drop Clause IV of the Labour Party?
1995
