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socialism
socialism general term for the political and economic theory that advocates a system of collective or government ownership and management of the means of production and distribution of goods. Because of the collective nature of socialism, it is to be contrasted to the doctrine of the sanctity of pr... Read more
social science
social science term for any or all of the branches of study that deal with humans in their social relations. Often these studies are referred to in the plural as the social sciences. Although human social behavior has been studied since antiquity, the modern social sciences as disciplines rooted in... Read more
social work
social work organized effort to help individuals and families to adjust themselves to the community, as well as to adapt the community to the needs of such persons and families. Modern Social Work Modern social work employs three methods of assistance: case work, group work, and community... Read more
social contract
social contract agreement or covenant by which men are said to have abandoned the "state of nature" to form the society in which they now live. The theory of such a contract, first formulated by the English philosophers Thomas Hobbes (in the Leviathan, 1651) and John Locke, assumes that men a... Read more
Christian socialism
Christian socialism term used in Great Britain and the United States for a kind of socialism growing out of the clash between Christian ideals and the effects of competitive business. In Europe, it usually refers to a party or trade union directed by religious leaders in contrast to socialist union... Read more
Social Credit
Social Credit economic plan in Canada, based on the theories of Clifford Hugh Douglas . The central idea is that the problems fundamental to economic depression are those of unequal distribution owing to lack of purchasing power. To solve these difficulties Douglas proposed a system of issuing to ... Read more
Social Gospel
Social Gospel liberal movement within American Protestantism that attempted to apply biblical teachings to problems associated with industrialization. It took form during the latter half of the 19th cent. under the leadership of Washington Gladden and Walter Rauschenbusch , who feared the isolat... Read more
guild socialism
guild socialism form of socialism developed in Great Britain that advocated a system of industrial self-government through national worker-controlled guilds. The theory, as originated by Arthur J. Penty in his Restoration of the Gild System (1906), stressed the spirit of the medieval craft guilds... Read more
social welfare
social welfare or public charity, organized provision of educational, cultural, medical, and financial assistance to the needy. Modern social welfare measures may include any of the following: the care of destitute adults; the treatment of the mentally ill; the rehabilitation of criminals; the ... Read more
social security
social security government program designed to provide for the basic economic security and welfare of individuals and their dependents. The programs classified under the term social security differ from one country to another, but all are the result of government legislation and all are designed to... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Socialism"

Socialism
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law SOCIALISM An economic and social theory that seeks...social services. The general goal of socialism is to maximize wealth and opportunity...control of industry and social services. Socialism is an alternative to capitalism, where...
socialism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition socialism general term for the political and economic...Because of the collective nature of socialism, it is to be contrasted to the doctrine...capitalism stresses competition and profit, socialism calls for cooperation and social service...
Socialism, Market
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Socialism, Market Market socialism became recognized as a concept in the 1960s as a result of the...in 1952, when Josef Stalin ’ s Economic Problems of Socialism in the U.S.S.R. announced that a market existed in consumer...
Socialism, Islamic
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Socialism, Islamic Islamic socialism is a discourse that seeks to integrate Islamic spirituality and socialism, promoting religious behavior, state ownership, and greater distribution of resources. Some of the most prominent examples of Muslim...
Market Socialism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History MARKET SOCIALISM The economic doctrine of market socialism holds that central planners can make active and efficient...resulting in a wasteful business cycle. The idea of market socialism arose from the realization that classical socialism...
Scientific Socialism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History SCIENTIFIC SOCIALISM The term scientific socialism was used by Friedrich Engels to characterize the doctrines...other socialist doctrines, which he dismissed as utopian socialism. Engels regarded the Marx-Engels doctrines as scientific...
Arab Socialism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ARAB SOCIALISM political philosophy advocating governmental...of production and distribution. Arab socialism emerged as a result of colonialism in...Abdel Nasser of Egypt. The aims of Arab socialism were to free the Arab world from Western...
Socialism in One Country
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History SOCIALISM IN ONE COUNTRY The question of whether socialism could be built in the USSR provoked a great ideological...Europe," Josef Stalin first propounded his doctrine of "socialism in one country" in a newspaper article of December 1922...
Socialism, Christian
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Socialism, Christian In 1848 Karl Marx dismissed Christian Socialism as “ the holy water with which the priest...Men ’ s College in 1854. Their Christian Socialism was thus reformist rather than radical and operated...
Socialism, African
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Socialism, African There are two basic models of African socialism that represent its variations and development on the...consolidated power during the 1970s, favoring scientific socialism, an exclusive vanguard party, and a command-style...

Dictionary entries related to "Socialism"

socialism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology socialism An economic and political system based on collective or state...raised afresh since the system of ‘actually existing socialism’ or real socialism as it was called tended to put into suspended animation many...
Socialism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas SOCIALISM. The difficulty of defining socialism is apparent to anyone who attempts to study this protean doctrine, not least because what socialism is or is not is usually a matter of contentious debate...
real socialism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology real socialism With the non-applicability of the terms socialism and communism , given the divergence of the reality of Soviet socialism from the ideal as interpreted within the corpus of the Marxist-Leninist classics, an alternative term was...
socialism, Christian
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History socialism, Christian The belief that Christ's teachings led to socialism and that the church should actively promote social...Christian socialists promoted co‐operative socialism among working men from 1848 to 1854, led by F...
socialism, real
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology socialism, real See REAL SOCIALISM .
Socialism, Christian
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Socialism, Christian. See CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM .
state socialism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology state socialism See COMMUNISM ; REAL SOCIALISM .
Christian socialism
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Christian socialism See socialism, christian .
socialism, democratic
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology socialism, democratic See STATE CAPITALISM .
democratic socialism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology democratic socialism See STATE CAPITALISM .

Thesaurus entries related to "Socialism"

socialism
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus socialism • noun  my appreciation for certain aspects of socialism does not mean I'm a socialist synonyms : leftism, welfarism; radicalism, progressivism, social democracy; communism, Marxism, labor movement.
espousal
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English espousal • noun  the espousal of Christianity/socialism synonyms : embracing, adoption, taking up, support, backing, championship, promotion, advocacy, defense. See espouse.
epitomize
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus epitomize • verb  a nation that has come to epitomize socialism synonyms : embody, encapsulate, typify, exemplify, represent, manifest, symbolize, illustrate, sum up; personify; formal reify.
beginning
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus beginning • noun   1. the beginning of socialism synonyms : dawn, birth, inception, conception, origination, genesis, emergence, rise, start, commencement, starting point...
bastard
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...x2022; adjective   1. archaic a bastard child synonyms : illegitimate, born out of wedlock; dated natural.   2. a bastard socialism synonyms : adulterated, alloyed, impure, inferior; hybrid, mongrel, patchwork.
bias
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...bias synonyms : slant, cross, diagonal, skew, angle, oblique, slope.   2. have a bias in favor of/against socialism | have a musical bias synonyms : tendency, inclination, leaning, bent, partiality, penchant, predisposition, propensity...
proponent
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English proponent • noun  a proponent of socialism synonyms : advocate, supporter, upholder, adherent, backer, promoter, endorser, champion, defender, sponsor, espouser, friend, well-wisher.

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From socialism to socialism: the emergence of liberal socialism in continental Europe.(ECONOMICS)(Essay)
Magazine article from: The New Presence: The Prague Journal of Central European Affairs; 6/22/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...was the struggle between capitalism and socialism. The fight against capitalism was waged...socialist doctrine: fascism, national-socialism, and communism. All three types of socialism shared the major premise that their respective...
Guild Socialism and the Historians.
Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...often marginalised or dismissed Guild Socialism, and biographers have underplayed the...the historiographical neglect of Guild Socialism and argues that it has been due not only...to the impossibility of placing Guild Socialism within the dominant historiographical...
Socialism After Communism: The New Market Socialism.
Magazine article from: American Political Science Review; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...Loyola University Chicago Is there socialism after communism? Christopher Pierson...follows: (1) Both the Soviet model of socialism and the social democratic model of the...the death certificate to all forms of socialism is unwarranted. (2) Market socialism...
"Socialism is Dead" ... Really?(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Whole Earth; 6/22/2000; ; 700+ words ; "Socialism is Dead" ... Really? by Mark Dowie...capitalism" signal the death knell of socialism, and a global loss of faith in communal...What the collapse of Soviet totalitarian socialism (sometimes inaccurately described as...
After Socialism.
Magazine article from: Reason; 11/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...the question, "Are we experiencing 'creeping socialism?'" In 1947, socialism's growth was obvious. In 1999, it was a matter...REASON Editor Virginia Postrel argued that "socialism" is no longer the major challenge to markets...
Socialism: the grand delusion.
Magazine article from: National Review; 12/5/1986; ; 700+ words ; Socialism: The Grand Delusion by Brian Crozier...answer pointed to an essential feature of socialism: its militarization of economic life...Arthur Seldon, who divide the sections of Socialism: The Grand Delusion between them, focus...
Socialism and Christianity in Early 20th Century America.
Magazine article from: Church History; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; Socialism and Christianity in Early 20th Century...one's definition of Christian Socialism could become so airy as to take it right...relationship between Christianity and socialism in America, 1900-1920. So they have...
How the socialism of W. E. B. Du Bois still matters: black socialism in The Quest of the Silver Fleece--and beyond.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: African American Review; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...his contact with Third International socialism, whether initiated by his visit to the...earlier emergence of radicalism: in the socialism that Du Bois formulated in the 1910s...the early development of Du Bois's socialism and analyzes the significance of that...
George Orwell: socialism and utopia.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Utopian Studies; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...is Orwell's profound commitment to socialism as the only proper basis for the society...and fraternity, or the basic values of socialism. Orwell was always suspicious of revolutionary...look at the possibility of "ethical socialism," its relationship to Marxism, and...
What was socialism ... and why we will all miss it so much.
Magazine article from: The Nation; 1/24/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...assisted suicide of actually existing socialism from 1989 to 1991 has called forth an...of democracy might have saved Russian socialism. The second, a cloudier thing, is...be viable. But it really is over for socialism. I don't take any pleasure in it...