Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

REQUIRED READINGS

1. Williamson, Readings in American Democracy, chapter xiii.

Or all of the following:

2. International Encyclopedia, vol. 21, article on "Socialism."

3. Le Rossignol, Orthodox Socialism, chapter i.

4. Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto, all.

5. Skelton, Socialism, a Critical Analysis, chapter ii.

QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS

1. Explain why increasing social discontent among certain groups may be due to improvement in their social and economic condition. (Skelton, page 17.)

2. What, according to socialists, has been the effect upon the workers of the introduction of machinery into industry? (Le Rossignol, page 9.)