Date of Award
1970
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Raymond L. M. [?]
First Committee Member
Walton A. Raitt [?]
Second Committee Member
Walter A. Payne
Abstract
Finally in the 1880’s there emerged a reformist group which was ultimately to be the model of the viability, adaptability, effectiveness, and success of evolutionary socialism. The group called itself the Fabian Society and in the beginning it seemed to be not unlike other protest or reformist groups which were springing up all over England at the time. The difference was that this group, though always small in numbers, was to have a tremendous impact throughout England and the rest of the democratic world. To be specific, the ideas of the Fabian Socialists can clearly be seen as influencing the movement toward the welfare state in America and this is the main thesis this paper aims to prove - that the ideas and programs of the Fabian Socialists were first implemented in Britain and later in the United State, particularly since the advent of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his New Deal. It is the author’s contention that these ideas and programs of the Fabians are comparable to a developing movement in the United States toward the welfare state or as others would term it, the good society. This, then, is what the writer seeks to prove.
Pages
159
Recommended Citation
St. Clair, Susan Lee. (1970). Fabianism versus welfareism : the movement towards the welfare state in the United States. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1710
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