WorksheetsSocialism - Key Thinkers
Total questions: 74
Worksheet time: 40mins
Fill in the blank in this Crosland quote
“I conclude that a move to the ____ is needed”
Right
Left
Centre
Far-Left
Which of these types of Socialism was Crosland most affiliated with?
Social Democracy
Revolutionary Socialism
Democratic Socialism
Third Way
Which two famous left wing political society was Crosland a member of?
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Campaign for Democratic Socialism
The Socialist Educational Association
Fabian Society
What kind of socialism did Crosland support?
Revolutionary and violent
Evolutionary and pragmatic
Evolutionary and violent
Revolutionary and pragmatic
Which kind of school did Crosland advocate for?
Grammar
Comprehensive
Academy
Free School
How did Crosland describe his planned changes to the capitalist system?
Reforming
Improving
Humanizing
Socializing
How did Crosland believe the economy should be run?
State managed mixed economy
Nationalized economy
Laissez-faire capitalist economy
Regulated free market economy
Which of these did Crosland advocate for?
Nationalization
Social justice
Keynesian Economics
Egalitarianism
Why did Crosland criticise Marxist plans for full nationalisation?
Damaging to individual liberty
Distracted from ending poverty and providing better public services
They would harm corporations and banks
They were not radical enough to be effective
What did Crosland assert about Britain after Attlee’s Government?
Britain was now a world leading welfare state
Britain was a dominant world power
Britain had ceased to be a capitalist country
Britain had experienced a real Labour Government for the first time
What type of taxation did Crosland advocate for?
Progressive taxation
Minimal taxation
Flat taxation
Nationalization and removal of taxation
What did Crosland believe about nationalization?
All major companies
Only key industries
All manufacturing, infrastructure, and export.
Select key industries, including military related industries
What type of Socialist was Beatrice Webb?
Revolutionary
Democratic Socialist
Third Way
Social Democrat
Who said revolutions are ‘Chaotic, inefficient and counter-productive’?
Tony Blair
Thatcher
Lloyd George
Beatrice Webb
Webbs ‘The Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission’ later appeared in which of following?
Michael Foot’s 1983 Manifesto
Boris Johnson’s 2019 Manifesto
William Beveridge’s Report 1942
Ramsay MacDonald’s 1924 Manifesto
Beatrice Webb believed that revolution would lead to the same problems as capitalism?
True
False
Beatrice Webb said democracy works for the majority of the working-class?
True
False
Which other member of Webb's family was also an active member in the Fabian society?
Husband
Son
Father
Daughter
Poverty and inequality were most likely to be eliminated through which two methods according to Webb?
Trade unionism
Communism
State intervention
Free market
Webb said democratic socialist parties would campaign peacefully and gradually to win the support of who?
Working class
Middle class
Under class
All Voters
What did Webb say the working class would eventually realise?
They had no vested interest in capitalism
Brexit means Brexit.
Communism would end equality.
Governments did not care about them.
Webb said private ownership should be replaced with state ownership?
True
False
In Webb's view, how would a socialist society be formed?
Revolution
Free market economy
democratic socialist governments
Why did Webb say a reversal of socialism would be unlikely?
Its benefits would be clear to all
creation of a socialist Constitution
armed force
government control
Webb disagreed with Marx and Lenin’s ‘Big Bang’ revolution.
True
False
Beatrice Webb said, ‘National minimum of civilised life’?
True
False
What did Beatrice Webb not believe were solutions to poverty and inequality?
Maternalism
Paternalism
Philanthropy
Capitalism
What type of socialist was Rosa Luxemburg?
revolutionary
democratic socialist
social democracy
third way
Did Rosa Luxemburg believe that, co-ordinated and planned steps had to be taken for revolution?
Yes
No
Did Luxemburg argue that socialist revolution was more than just a national regime change?
Yes
No
What Luxemburg believe about historical maternalism?
Believed it was very much needed in order for socialism to be achieved
Believed it was flawed as capitalism does not need to reach a final stage before it can be abolished
Did Luxemburg believe in socialism being internationalist or nationalist?
Internationalist
nationalist
Did Luxemburg believe human nature had been damaged to the extent Marx alleged?
Human nature had been severely more damaged than what Marx alleged
There was no damage to human nature
Fraternity and altruism still flourish in working class communities punished by capitalist economies
Did Luxemburg support capitalism?
Yes
No
Did Luxemburg believe that the state had to be destroyed?
Yes
No, it could be reformed through progressive restructuring and taxation
What did many Luxemburg claim to be ?
A proto-feminist
Determinist
What war did Luxemburg live through, and famously comment against the actions seen by Germany?
WW1
WW2
Vietnam
What are the two main schools of revolutionary socialism?
Marxism
Common Ownership
Utopian Socialism
Mixed Economy
What was the similarity of Luxemburg and Libertarianism?
mixed economy
freedom
state management
What did capitalism do to society according to Luxemburg?
Make it prosperous
Increase in employment
Corrupts it, the elite oppress the working class
How did Luxemburg believe class consciousness would develop?
Spontaneously
Structured and planned
Progressive reforms for democracy
What strain of Socialism did Anthony Giddens
help to create within Socialism?
Revolutionary Socialism
Evolutionary Socialism
Democratic Socialism
Third Way Socialism
What does Anthony Giddens ‘Triangulation’
consist of?
Neo-Liberal view of Economics with Social Democracy’s view of Society
Social Democracy’s view of Economics with Neo Liberal’s view of Society
What other socialist does Anthony Giddens share Closest
beliefs with?
Beatrice Webb
Rosa Luxembourg
Anthony Crossland
Karl Marx
What was Giddens' book called?
‘The Renewal of Social Democracy’
‘The Renewal of Democratic Socialism’
‘The Revival of Democratic Socialism’
‘The Revival of Social Democracy’
Which prime minister’s policy did the 3rd way
influence significantly?
Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Tony Blair
David Cameron
Which of the following is true of Giddens' work?
Social democracy was outdated by globalisation and the rise of the knowledge economy
Individual responsibility was not an important concept
The state should focus on investment rather than direct intervention
The government should intervene more directly to correct imbalances
The third way political approach was outlined in
which year?
1891
1950
1998
2004
During which Labour election victory did Anthony Giddens write the book ‘The Third Way: the Renewal of Social Democracy'?
1997
2001
2005
2007
Why did Giddens say that triangulation was important due to the rise of what kind of society?
Post-industrial
Post-Fordist
Post-modern
What effect did Giddens say that neo-liberal capitalism had on people?
That it was liberating
It infringed on individuality
It was unfair to the poor
What did Giddens say about individualism?
It is healthy for society
More individualism may result in less individualism
What did Giddens say was a result of globalisation?
Governments would have less power
It would be a better way for societies to grow
A fairer capitalist society
What did Giddens say that may be a result of better equality of opportunity?
More fairness across society
More inequality of outcome
It would be too expensive
What did Giddens say about how the current liberal state could be improved?
Encouraging greater political participation
Making sure people are better educated
To better redistribute and decentralise power
In Marxist theory, the ____ is the working class.
a. Proletariat
b. Left
c. lex talionis
d. Bourgeoisie
In Marxist theory, _____ is the belief that the arrangement of the bourgeoisie owning the means of production and the proletariat working for the interests of the bourgeoisie is legitimate.
a. false consciousness
b. left realism
c. postmodern criminology
d. false realism
Which one of the following is not true about Marxian Socialism?
A. Capital is a theft
B. State will wither away
C. State promotes interests of all
D. State sides with the rich and not the poor
According to Karl Marx societies have all along been divided between:
A. The rich and the poor
B. The educated and the elite
C. The religious and the educated people
D. The rich and the religious people
According to Marxian theory revolutions come in the society because:
A. The capitalists so desire
B. The religious people manipulate that
C. Continuous class struggle is going on
D. Educated masses get dissatisfied
Where did Karl Marx predict a revolution of the proletariat would occur first?
industrial Europe
independent Latin America
colonial Africa
agricultural Russia
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels encouraged workers to improve their lives by
electing union representatives
participating in local government
overthrowing the capitalist system
demanding pensions and disability
insurance
In The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels expressed the idea that
religion should be the most important factor in society
power should be determined by a person’s wealth
profits from work should belong to the workers
supply and demand should control prices
What societal problem did Karl Marx attempt to address in his manifesto? Choose the best answer.
The exploitation (taking advantage) of the poor by the rich
The low quality of good produced at large factories.
The fact that poor people were not allowed to vote.
Unfair laws that allow poor people to be sent to prison
Karl Marx predicted that laissez-faire capitalism would result in
a return to manorialism
a revolution led by the proletariat
fewer government regulations
an equal distribution of wealth and income
One of the most famous works of Karl Marx is?
An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of Wealth
Das Kapital
The Black Swan
Freakonomics
In his 1844 Economic & Philosophical Manuscripts, Marx said that human desires could be dictated by culture -- even without people knowing.
True
False
Marx believed that money
was a "fixed" desire like food & water
was a "relative" desire that reduced humans to an abstract, arbitrary measurement of worth
was necessary, and the more of it, the better
How did Marx define "labor"?
A human's expression of life itself, an act of freedom, self-creation, individuality, and power.
What people do only because they have to, regardless of the economic system. People do not like labor or work by nature.
The pain men have to go through just like women to produce something of worth
According to Marx, the proletariat is
the worker
the middle class
the property owner
the bourgiosie
Capitalists, according to Marx,
always used the "shift" typewriter key to type capitol letters.
owned money or property, as well as the means of producing more of both.
maximized their own profit at the expense of workers
Marx thought that human labor in a capitalist system was not "free" because
it was reduced to an abstract symbol (money) & dehumanized in capitalism
things in capitalism cost money & weren't distributed by the government for free
capitalism pitted workers against each other, limiting them as individuals and as a class.
According to Marx, why was communal ownership of capital needed as an alternative to capitalism? Select all that apply.
To reduce inefficiency between producers and supply chains
To eradicate poverty caused by economic inequality
To return to individuals the dignity of their labor
To create a stronger nation state
