Socialism Flashcards
Revolution should not come from the BLANK, it should be a BLANK
Vanguard elite, popular movement
Rosa Luxemburg
BLANK struggle creates class consciousness needed to overthrow BLANK
Proletariat, bourgeois
Rosa Luxemburg
Crosland believed capitalism developed as Marx predicted and now had the required contradictions (e.g. class conflict) needed to inspire revolution. True or false?
False
Anthony Giddens was a fan of capitalism but believed the money should go back into society. True or false?
True
Which socialist argued for the welfare state to be a starting point?
Beatrice Webb
Who created Third Way socialism and which UK PM implemented a government modelled by the Third Way?
Bonus points if you can say why the PM modelled the government on the Third Way
Anthony Giddens and Tony Blair
Giddens was an advisor to Blair and inspired him
BLANK has been poisoned by BLANK and has enforced a class system.
Human nature, capitalism
Karl Marx
Which socialist is part of the Fabian Society and doesn’t believe in revolution but in introducing socialism through democratic means?
Beatrice Webb
Why is evolutionary socialism not possible and which theorist believed that?
Due to the fact that capitalism is based on exploitation and suppression of workers
Rosa Luxemburg
Capitalism should not be destroyed, it should be adapted. Who believed this?
Anthony Crosland
Beatrice Webb thought state expansion will destroy socialism. True or false?
False.
Capitalism must be crushed but democracy must survive to ensure the peoples’ will is enacted were the views of who?
Rosa Luxemburg
This theorist believed Keynesian economics which ensures BLANK and BLANK but large welfare spending to ensure egalitarian society. They also believed in BLANK.
Low inflation, continual growth, nationalisation
Anthony Crosland
Marx believes human nature prioritises nurture over nature, people are sociable & cooperative and that capitalism leads to workers being alienated from their true self due to the competition capitalism creates. True or false?
True
Redistribution can weaken and limit inequality through BLANK. It can work with BLANK.
Keynesian economics, capitalism
Anthony Crosland
BLANK is inevitable and socialism can be achieved through BLANK.
Gradualism, democracy and existing institutions
Beatrice Webb
Karl Marx, Freidrich Engels and Sigmund Freud influenced which theorist?
Anthony Giddens
What would class consciousnesses provide?
Socialist society as workers would recognise oppression and alienation which would lead to strikes and thus lead to revolution
Rosa Luxemburg
Who opposed Marx and why?
Beatrice Webb. She believed workers were selfish and uninformed and democracy should be representative. She believed the economic side of socialism would be achieved with a growth in power and reform that would lead to a socialist state - not revolution.
How did the creator of Third Way justify it?
Globalisation changed the nature of social democracy and top-down intervention was ineffective and inefficient but there would still be a need for govt. intervention to tackle the inevitable social inequality in society.
Major change will only be realised after BLANK is realised. This hasn’t been possible due to BLANK and BLANK.
Class consciousness, nationalism, racism
Karl Marx
Anthony Giddens’ four notable academic stages were:
- Outlining a new vision of what sociology is
- Developing structuration
- Focused on impact of modernity of social and personal life
- Turning his attention to problems concerning global and societal evolution
Which theorist pushed for state education and comprehensive education for all?
Anthony Crosland
State is the tool of the bourgeoisie and like capitalism, it must be crushed as it reinforces the capitalism system, according to who?
Karl Marx
