Outline of socialism explained
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to socialism:
Socialism - range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production and workers' self-management as well as the political theories and movements associated with them.[1]
Social ownership can be public, collective or cooperative ownership, or citizen ownership of equity.[2] Socialism has numerous variants and so no single definition encapsulating all of them exists, with its definition subject to ongoing academic scrutiny and redefining,[3] although social ownership acts as a common element shared by its various forms.[4] [5]
Types of socialism
See main article: Types of socialism.
Authoritarian
See main article: Authoritarian socialism.
Barracks
See main article: Barracks communism.
Bolshevism
See main article: Bolshevism. Leninism - Marxism–Leninism
Other
Liberal
See main article: Liberal socialism.
Libertarian
See main article: Libertarian socialism.
Anarchism
See main article: Anarchism.
Libertarian socialism
Religious socialism
See main article: Religious socialism.
Nature of socialism
Defining theme
Market socialist themes
See main article: Market socialism.
Non-market socialist themes
See main article: Economic planning.
Revolutionary socialist themes
See main article: Revolutionary socialism.
Regional socialism
Western
History of socialism
See main article: History of socialism.
People
- By nationality
- Proto-socialists
Key figures
Socialist movements
Conflicts
Organisations
Political parties
Socialist partiesCommunist parties
Newspapers
Criticisms
References
- "2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any of various social or political theories or movements in which the common welfare is to be achieved through the establishment of a socialist economic system" "Socialism" at The Free dictionary
- Book: O'Hara, Phillip . Encyclopedia of Political Economy, Volume 2 . . 2003 . 978-0-415-24187-8 . 71 . In order of increasing decentralisation (at least) three forms of socialised ownership can be distinguished: state-owned firms, employee-owned (or socially) owned firms, and citizen ownership of equity..
- Roberts. Andrew. 2004. The State of Socialism: A Note on Terminology. Slavic Review. en. 63. 2. 349–366. 10.2307/3185732. 3185732. 147549961. 0037-6779.
- Book: Arnold, Scott . The Philosophy and Economics of Market Socialism: A Critical Study . Oxford University Press . 1994 . 978-0-19-508827-4 . 7–8 . This term is harder to define, since socialists disagree among themselves about what socialism ‘really is.’ It would seem that everyone (socialists and nonsocialists alike) could at least agree that it is not a system in which there is widespread private ownership of the means of production…To be a socialist is not just to believe in certain ends, goals, values, or ideals. It also requires a belief in a certain institutional means to achieve those ends; whatever that may mean in positive terms, it certainly presupposes, at a minimum, the belief that these ends and values cannot be achieved in an economic system in which there is widespread private ownership of the means of production…Those who favor socialism generally speak of social ownership, social control, or socialization of the means of production as the distinctive positive feature of a socialist economic system..
- Book: Hastings, Mason and Pyper, Adrian, Alistair and Hugh . The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought . Oxford University Press . 21 December 2000 . 978-0-19-860024-4 . 677 . Socialists have always recognized that there are many possible forms of social ownership of which co-operative ownership is one...Nevertheless, socialism has throughout its history been inseparable from some form of common ownership. By its very nature it involves the abolition of private ownership of capital; bringing the means of production, distribution, and exchange into public ownership and control is central to its philosophy. It is difficult to see how it can survive, in theory or practice, without this central idea. .