11.4 Differing views - Social Democracy Flashcards

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SOCIAL DEMOCRACY: A FORM OF REVISIONISM

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SOCIAL DEMOCRACY: A FORM OF REVISIONISM

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What do social democrats such as Crosland argue about capitalism?

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Capitalism should be reformed and not replaced

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What did Crosland argue about social democracy?

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Social democracy represented a socialism that recognised the world as it was and not what more traditional socialists might wish it to be

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What is a Crosland quote about Karl Marx?

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‘Marx had little or nothing to offer the contemporary socialist’

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How did Crosland disagree with revolutionary socialists on how to drive social change?

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He argued that it was not inherent contradictions within capitalism that drove social change

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What did Crosland believe about high levels of collectivisim?

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It threatened individual freedom and initiative

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What were 3 key ideas of social democracy?

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  • Mixed economy
  • State management
  • Welfare state
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SOCIAL JUSTICE

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SOCIAL JUSTICE

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What did Crosland believe could deliver social justice?

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Managed capitalism, rather than laissez-faire economics

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What is a Crosland quote about social injustice?

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‘I disliked the class structure of our society, because I could not tolerate the indefensible differences of status and income that disfigure our society’

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What did Crosland argue about the free market?

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The wealth created by the free market could be distributed fairly across society

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In what particular area did Crosland want to tackle inequality?

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Education

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What did Crosland create to tackle inequality in education?

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Comprehensive schools - he believed that grammar schools favoured the middle class

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What was social democracy the first branch of socialism to recognise?

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A role for the free market and privately owned companies

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What type of economics is advocated by Crosland?

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Keynesian economics - economic intervention by the state to ensure full employment

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What is a Crosland quote about Keynesian economics?

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It ‘legitimised the doctrine of equality’

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SOCIAL JUSTICE VS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT

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SOCIAL JUSTICE VS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT

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What was social democracy a marriage between?

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Economic efficiency and egalitarian social justice

19
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Why was Historian Edmund Dell critical of Crosland?

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Crosland believed that the sustained growth, full employment and low inflation era of 1945 to the 1970s would last forever

20
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What led to a full-blown global recession?

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The 1973 oil crisis

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What did James Callaghan’s Labour government do in 1976?

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Ask for an emergency loan from the IMF

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What is a Crosland quote about the economic struggles of the 1970s?

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‘the party was over’

23
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What became a political irrelevance after Callaghan lost the 1979 general election?

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Socialism