{"id":1038,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/define-socialism-discuss-the-salient-features-of-fabian-socialism-upsc-psir-2017-0902\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:32","slug":"define-socialism-discuss-the-salient-features-of-fabian-socialism-upsc-psir-2017-0902","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/define-socialism-discuss-the-salient-features-of-fabian-socialism-upsc-psir-2017-0902\/","title":{"rendered":"Define Socialism. Discuss the salient features of Fabian Socialism."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Define socialism as social control over the means of production (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Tom Bottomore<\/b>), then position Fabianism as one distinctive strategy within it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Open with <b class=\"pq-sc\">C.E.M. Joad<\/b>\u2019s image of socialism as \u201ca hat that has lost its shape,\u201d then locate Fabianism as its British gradualist form.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Socialism defined \u2014 <b class=\"pq-sc\">Bottomore<\/b>: equal access, minimal domination <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> vs capitalism \u2014 market allocation vs equality of outcome <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Fabianism \u2014 British gradualism (Fabius Cunctator, 1884) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Sidney<\/b> &amp; <b class=\"pq-sc\">Beatrice Webb<\/b>, <b>Shaw<\/b>, <b class=\"pq-sc\">Wallas<\/b>, <b>Wells<\/b>, <b>Besant<\/b>, <b>Pease<\/b>, <b class=\"pq-sc\">Cole<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> constitutional, parliamentary road \u2014 not revolution <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> gradual socialization; the state as instrument of reform <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> middle-class intellectuals lead the case <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> nationalization, municipal reform, welfare <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Labour Party &amp; welfare state<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Fabianism stayed confined to intellectual circles, lacked mass energy, and set aside the labour theory of value and class conflict Marxists held essential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Fabianism\u2019s significance is its constitutional, evolutionary route that shaped the welfare state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> It shows reformist socialism\u2019s strength \u2014 durable institutions \u2014 and its limit \u2014 no mass-revolutionary base.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[53],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1038","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-political-ideologies","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4632,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1038\/revisions\/4632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1038"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1038"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1038"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}