Summarise the core beliefs (and the reasons for them) in 3-5 bullet points
- Positive view of human nature that humans are social creatures and prioritises
group over individual
- Humans prefer to work together and will work more efficiently within groups than
on their own
What key thinkers and examples can be used What are the key dichotomies within this tenet?
Industrial relations
to support this tenet? What points do they Social democrat solution – trade unions for workers to prevent exploitation
make? Third way solution – unions should ensure fair conditions in workplaces but accept
wages change with the market
Charles Fourier and Robert Owen – utopian socialists Healthcare
Social democrat solution – NHS provides universal care, ‘free’ due to tax
– small scale communities work together.
Third way solution – advocates healthcare reforms, universal healthcare costs is
Marx and Engels – larger scale that companies should unsustainable, supports prescription charges, private healthcare for rich to ‘jump
own all the industry, society would be communal. queue’ for non-essential care
Believed in Soviet Union – nationalised industries, Education
centralised state planning, collective agriculture land Social democrat solution – widespread comprehensive state education for all –
Beatrice Webb, Fabian Society – Democratic socialist equality of opportunity
Third way solution – more equality of opportunity and spending in education
– informed Attlee’s socialist labour government. 1945-
helped by New labour but expect university students to help fund their tuition fees
51 e.g. top down leadership and nationalisation. Key industries
Accepted free market capitalism through private Social democrat solution – the key utilities are under government control and
industries so didn’t achieve fully collective economy. operate in collective interest
Anthony Crosland - Social Democrat – suspicious of Third way solution – the free market is the most efficient way to run business.
collectivism advocated by Marx, Engels and Webb but Don’t support renationalisation of state utilities
liked Gidden’s Third way view of collectivism with neo-
liberal ideas.
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