Evolutionary Socialism

Evolutionary socialism, or socialist reformism, was first put forward by Eduard Bernstein in this quintessential essay, which was first published at the end of the 19th century. Evolutionary socialism is the belief that gradual changes through and within existing institutions of a society can ultimately change a society's fundamental economic relations, economic system, and political structures. This belief grew out of opposition to revolutionary socialism, which contends that revolutions are necessary for fundamental structural changes to occur.