Beatrice Webb Flashcards

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Q

Who is she

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Democratic socialism

Active in the Fabian society

Involved in drafting the Labour’s clause IV

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2
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Saw capitalism as

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A ‘corrupting force’ for humanity and cause of ‘crippling poverty’.

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3
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Believed that only

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State intervention and trade unions could counter poverty

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4
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Evolutionary

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Committed to evolutionary socialism, the state could bring about the move to socialism and create an economy based on common ownership where wealth was shared by the workers.

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