11.4 Differing views - Social Democracy Flashcards
SOCIAL DEMOCRACY: A FORM OF REVISIONISM
SOCIAL DEMOCRACY: A FORM OF REVISIONISM
What do social democrats such as Crosland argue about capitalism?
Capitalism should be reformed and not replaced
What did Crosland argue about social democracy?
Social democracy represented a socialism that recognised the world as it was and not what more traditional socialists might wish it to be
What is a Crosland quote about Karl Marx?
‘Marx had little or nothing to offer the contemporary socialist’
How did Crosland disagree with revolutionary socialists on how to drive social change?
He argued that it was not inherent contradictions within capitalism that drove social change
What did Crosland believe about high levels of collectivisim?
It threatened individual freedom and initiative
What were 3 key ideas of social democracy?
- Mixed economy
- State management
- Welfare state
SOCIAL JUSTICE
SOCIAL JUSTICE
What did Crosland believe could deliver social justice?
Managed capitalism, rather than laissez-faire economics
What is a Crosland quote about social injustice?
‘I disliked the class structure of our society, because I could not tolerate the indefensible differences of status and income that disfigure our society’
What did Crosland argue about the free market?
The wealth created by the free market could be distributed fairly across society
In what particular area did Crosland want to tackle inequality?
Education
What did Crosland create to tackle inequality in education?
Comprehensive schools - he believed that grammar schools favoured the middle class
What was social democracy the first branch of socialism to recognise?
A role for the free market and privately owned companies
What type of economics is advocated by Crosland?
Keynesian economics - economic intervention by the state to ensure full employment
What is a Crosland quote about Keynesian economics?
It ‘legitimised the doctrine of equality’
SOCIAL JUSTICE VS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
SOCIAL JUSTICE VS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
What was social democracy a marriage between?
Economic efficiency and egalitarian social justice
Why was Historian Edmund Dell critical of Crosland?
Crosland believed that the sustained growth, full employment and low inflation era of 1945 to the 1970s would last forever
What led to a full-blown global recession?
The 1973 oil crisis
What did James Callaghan’s Labour government do in 1976?
Ask for an emergency loan from the IMF
What is a Crosland quote about the economic struggles of the 1970s?
‘the party was over’
What became a political irrelevance after Callaghan lost the 1979 general election?
Socialism
