Evolutionary Socialism Flashcards
What is an alternative to revolutionary socialism?
Evolutionary socialism
What is evolutionary socialism sometimes called ?
Revisionism
What is evolutionary socialist sought ?
Sort to remove excess of capitalism by using the state to reform society and the economy gradually through democratic parliamentary institutions
Evolutionary socialism sought to remove the worse excess of capitalism by using what ?
Using the state to reform society
Evolutionary socialism sought to remove the excess of the economy gradually through what ?
Democratic parliamentary instituons
What was the first Theo of revisionist socialism called ?
Democratic socialism
What do democratic socialism argue for
For a socialist state to be achieved
Democratic socialism argued for the socialist state to be achieved through what ?
The ballot box
Democratic socialism argued for the socialist state to be achieved through ballot box Rather than what ?
Through Revolution
Who was the Fabian society led by ?
Beatrice Webb
What did Fabian society believed ?
Elite groups could be influenced by moral supremacy of socialism over capitalism
What did Fabian society believe elite groups could be influenced by ?
Moral supremacy of socialism over capitalism
Who was Webbs ideas largely influenced by ?
UK Labour Party
What is Fabian society ?
British Socialist Organisation goal is To advance democratic socialism gradually rather than revolutionary overthrow
What was Fabian society goal ?
Advance democratic socialism rather than by revolutionary overthrow
What was Beatrice Webb’s ideas
- the Inevitability of gradualness
- the expansion of the state
What is the inevitability of the gradualness ?
The gradualist parliamentary strategy for achieving evolutionary socialism
What is thr expansion of the state ?
Not to overthrow of the state
Why does expansion of state says not to overthrow the state ?
As it is critical to delivering socialism
What was Webb a member of ?
Fabian society
What did Webb believe that socialism would evolve peacefully through ?
Political action and education
According to Webb what leads to political equality and for democracy to work in thr interest of the w/c majority ?
Universal suffrage
What does Universal suffrage lead to ?
Political equality and democracy works in the Interest of the w/c majority
What will the working class vote for according to Webb ?
Socialist parties
The working class will vote for socialist parties which will begin to do what according to Webb ?
Begin to instigate social, economic and political reform
By The working class voting for socialist parties it will begin to instigate social, economic and political reform resulting to what ?
A socialist society
The expansion of the state is vital to do what according to Webb ?
To deliver socialism
What will the state develop according to Webb to organise society ?
A highly elite of administrator and specialist to organise society
How will worker control by achieved according to Webb ?
By evolutionary means
