| When did social democracy develop? | Social democracy developed during the early twentieth century and really began to become accepted in the years after 1945. |
| What are the foundations of social democracy based upon? | moral thinking- the idea that socialism is the ethically right thing to do in a civilised world. |
| What do social democracy theorists claim about people? | humans want to be good, then a socialist way of acting is the only moral solution in how society should be developed. |
| What did William Morris use to support social democracy? | Humanist ideas |
| Why have Christians supported social democracy? | because they claim that all people are created by God equal and should therefore be supported by each other and society. |
| What principle did social democrats use to support their ideas? | social justice; the idea that people should have greater equality of wealth and therefore opportunity as this is the only fair way to run a society. |
| What did Eduard Bernstein advocate for? | Revolutionary socialism |
| What do evolutionary socialists believe about the class divide? | the divisions between class outlined by Marx (bourgeoisie and proletariat) were too simplistic, as business ownership was widening as a result of the ability to buy and sell stocks and shares. |
| What did Bernstein argue about capitalism? | Bernstein argued that capitalism could be reformed and made to work for the good of society through state intervention such as the nationalisation of industry and the creation of legal protections for people, welfare and pensions. |
| What type of economics developed as part of social democracy? | Keynesian economics |
| What is Keynesian economics? | regulating the economy and attempting to achieve full employment |
| What did socialists such as Crossland argue? | that socialism should focus on several values. It should be achieved through a democratic process because it did not need to overthrow capitalism. |
| Which Key thinkers were social democrats? | Anthony Crossland and Beatrice Webb |
