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Social democracy

Social democracy is a broad, centre-left social, economic, and political ideology. Some academics view social democracy as distinct from socialism, whilst other academics purport that social democracy lies within the wider socialist movement. Social democracy supports political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach…

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Social democracy and democratic socialism

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related to As a name for political parties · 37
Social democracy → Bolshevik Revolution, Britain, By, Communist, European, European Left, European Socialists, Frankfurt Declaration, General German Workers' Association, German, Germany, Green, In, Labour, Lassalle, Left, Many, Marx, Marxism, Most
related to history · 36
Social democracy → Bernstein, Bernstein's, Bolsheviks, By, Communists, During, Eduard Bernstein, Eine Antikritik, Europe, Ferdinand Lassalle, First World War, German, German Revolution, Germany, Great War, In, Karl Kautsky, Karl Marx, Kautsky, Marxism
related to Philosophy · 22
Social democracy → All, As, Bernstein, Bernstein's Marxist, Britain, Eduard Bernstein, Engels, Evolutionary, Fabian, Friedrich Engels, In, Influenced, It, Karl Marx, Later, Marx, Marx's, Marxism's, Marxist, Nonetheless
related to Internal debates · 21
Social democracy → According, Because, Bernie Sanders, Britain, Democratic, During, Eurocommunism, European, Great Recession, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, New Deal, Occupy, Other, Revolutions, Socialism, Some, Soviet Union, Third Way, This
related to Corporatism · 20
Social democracy → As, During, Economic Democracy, Feasible Socialism, From, In, It, Keynesian, Neo-corporatism, Nordic, Norway, Robin Archer, Social, Sweden, Swedish Social Democrats, The, The Politics, Third Way, This, West European
related to As a tradition of socialism · 19
Social democracy → American, Among Democratic Socialists, As, Ely's, European, Ferdinand Lassalle, French, Friedrich Engels, German Socialism, In, Karl Marx, Marxism, Modern Times, Richard, Social, Starting, This, Thus, Under
related to In the United States · 16
Social democracy → Australia, Democratic, Despite, Latin America, Leninist, Marxist, New Deal, New Zealand, One, Red Scare, Soviet Union, The, United States, Venezuela, Western, Western Europe
related to As a policy regime · 15
Social democracy → As, Europe, Henning Meyer, In, Jonathan Rutherford, José Batlle, Latin America, Nordic, Northern, Ordóñez, Social, Uruguay, Western, Western European, World War
related to Criticism · 15
Social democracy → According, Accordingly, Critics, David Schweickart, Democratic Party, He, In, Jonas Hinnfors, Marxian, Marxism, Other, Schweickart, The, The American, United States
related to Social democracy and democratic socialism · 15
Social democracy → Blair, Clause IV, Democratic, In Britain, Keynesian, Keynesianism, Labour Party Constitution, Like, Many, New Labour, Others, Policies, Social, Third Way, Tony Blair

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social democracy democratic socialism socialists socialist capitalism economic democrats labour welfare political parties state policies states movement economy public form

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Social democracyis aideology seeking to gradually build an alternative socialist economy through the institutions of liberal democracy0.90text
Social democracyis aspecific type of welfare state and policy regime described as being universalist0.90text
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anarchistsinstance ofsocial democracy was defined as a policy regime advocating the reformation of capitalism to align it with the ethical ideals of social justice.What socialists0.80text
communistsinstance ofsocial democracy was defined as a policy regime advocating the reformation of capitalism to align it with the ethical ideals of social justice.What socialists0.80text
social democratsinstance ofsocial democracy was defined as a policy regime advocating the reformation of capitalism to align it with the ethical ideals of social justice.What socialists0.80text
syndicalistsinstance ofsocial democracy was defined as a policy regime advocating the reformation of capitalism to align it with the ethical ideals of social justice.What socialists0.80text

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