Collectivism
- Created by: kmules15
- Created on: 25-03-22 10:27
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- Collectivism
- Humans can achieve their objectives through collective effort better than individual effort
- Implies soc can be improved through collective endeavour
- Endorse for two reason
- interests of group should >>> individual
- Collectivism encourages social unity/ responsibility
- Utilises capabilities of the whole of society efficiently
- Avoids wastefulness and competitive self interest in capitalism
- interests of group should >>> individual
- Rooted in beliefs of human nature
- Humans = social animals
- Have the capacity for collective action to achieve their goals
- Tied together by fraternity
- Humans can only be defined/ understood in terms of the social group they belong to
- Being part of a community/ society = true freedom
- Most call for state planning to promote collectivist goals
- Ensure that distrib of goods and services are not left to free market bodies
- Pursuit of collectivism = increase of state involvement
- Marxist/state socialists
- Collective action via centralised state that organises all distribution
- Post 1929 USSR: most industries nationalised and all agriculture collectivised
- Complete state control of economy
- Communist regimes in Eastern Europe pursued this after WW2
- Post 1929 USSR: most industries nationalised and all agriculture collectivised
- Collective action via centralised state that organises all distribution
- Moderate socialists
- Accepted some degree of free market
- Pursue limited version of collectivism
- 1945-51 Lab govt: nationalised key industries but left much of econ in private hands
- Pursue limited version of collectivism
- Accepted some degree of free market
- Criticisms
- Supresses individuality + diversity
- Leads to growth of arbitrary state power and erosion of individual freedoms
- Less attached since 70s
- Due to belief of dependency culture
- Sluggish, uncompetitive economy
- End of Cold War and collapse of USSR reinforced this
- Due to belief of dependency culture
- Humans can achieve their objectives through collective effort better than individual effort
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