Evolutionary Socialism

Question 1

What is an alternative to revolutionary socialism?

Answer 1

Evolutionary socialism

Question 2

What is evolutionary socialism sometimes called ?

Answer 2

Revisionism

Question 3

What is evolutionary socialist sought ?

Answer 3

Sort to remove excess of capitalism by using the state to reform society and the economy gradually through democratic parliamentary institutions

Question 4

Evolutionary socialism sought to remove the worse excess of capitalism by using what ?

Answer 4

Using the state to reform society

Question 5

Evolutionary socialism sought to remove the excess of the economy gradually through what ?

Answer 5

Democratic parliamentary instituons

Question 6

What was the first Theo of revisionist socialism called ?

Answer 6

Democratic socialism

Question 7

What do democratic socialism argue for

Answer 7

For a socialist state to be achieved

Question 8

Democratic socialism argued for the socialist state to be achieved through what ?

Answer 8

The ballot box

Question 9

Democratic socialism argued for the socialist state to be achieved through ballot box Rather than what ?

Answer 9

Through Revolution

Question 10

Who was the Fabian society led by ?

Answer 10

Beatrice Webb

Question 11

What did Fabian society believed ?

Answer 11

Elite groups could be influenced by moral supremacy of socialism over capitalism

Question 12

What did Fabian society believe elite groups could be influenced by ?

Answer 12

Moral supremacy of socialism over capitalism

Question 13

Who was Webbs ideas largely influenced by ?

Answer 13

UK Labour Party

Question 14

What is Fabian society ?

Answer 14

British Socialist Organisation goal is To advance democratic socialism gradually rather than revolutionary overthrow

Question 15

What was Fabian society goal ?

Answer 15

Advance democratic socialism rather than by revolutionary overthrow

Question 16

What was Beatrice Webb’s ideas

Answer 16

• the Inevitability of gradualness
• the expansion of the state

Question 17

What is the inevitability of the gradualness ?

Answer 17

The gradualist parliamentary strategy for achieving evolutionary socialism

Question 18

What is thr expansion of the state ?

Answer 18

Not to overthrow of the state

Question 19

Why does expansion of state says not to overthrow the state ?

Answer 19

As it is critical to delivering socialism

Question 20

What was Webb a member of ?

Answer 20

Fabian society

Question 21

What did Webb believe that socialism would evolve peacefully through ?

Answer 21

Political action and education

Question 22

According to Webb what leads to political equality and for democracy to work in thr interest of the w/c majority ?

Answer 22

Universal suffrage

Question 23

What does Universal suffrage lead to ?

Answer 23

Political equality and democracy works in the Interest of the w/c majority

Question 24

What will the working class vote for according to Webb ?

Answer 24

Socialist parties

Question 25

The working class will vote for socialist parties which will begin to do what according to Webb ?

Answer 25

Begin to instigate social, economic and political reform

Question 26

By The working class voting for socialist parties it will begin to instigate social, economic and political reform resulting to what ?

Answer 26

A socialist society

Question 27

The expansion of the state is vital to do what according to Webb ?

Answer 27

To deliver socialism

Question 28

What will the state develop according to Webb to organise society ?

Answer 28

A highly elite of administrator and specialist to organise society

Question 29

How will worker control by achieved according to Webb ?

Answer 29

By evolutionary means