Read the Competing Viewpoints, Liberalism and the State and answer the following questions:
According to Spenser, what is the primary function of government? Why does he deem assistance to the poor to be a violation of that duty? According to Hobhouse, what circumstances make assistance to the poor, such as state-sponsored pension plans, necessary?
From your understanding of the chapter answer the following question about government and society:
How did the expansion of the electorate and the spread of representative political institutions in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century change the nature of debates about the power of public opinion and the responsibility of government for the people?
Identify the following terms:
Dreyfus Affair, Social Darwinism, Anarchists, Syndicalists, and Marxists
These should be detailed answers and come from your understanding of the reading. Do not use the internet for any information. If any answer match an internet source, you will be penalized. Each of the two question groups is worth 45 points, and the terms group is worth 10 points (2 points each) for a total of 100 points.