ideologies > socialism key words Flashcards
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what is socialism?
a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
what is the third way?
It supports workfare instead of welfare, work training programs, educational opportunities, and other government programs that give citizens a ‘hand-up’ instead of a ‘hand-out’.
what is a fundamental socialists?
Socialist economics starts from the premise that “individuals do not live or work in isolation but live in cooperation with one another. Furthermore, everything that people produce is in some sense a social product, and everyone who contributes to the production of a good is entitled to a share in it.
what is Classical Marxism?
includes alienation, base and superstructure, class consciousness, class struggle, exploitation, historical materialism, ideology, revolution; and the forces, means, modes, and relations of production.
what is Marxism-Leninism (orthodox communism)?
A strong version of the theory that the economic base (material conditions) determines the cultural and political superstructure of society. In its most extensive form, this view is called economic determinism, economism and vulgar materialism.
what is democratic socialism?
left-wing economic and political philosophy that supports political democracy and some form of a socially owned economy, with a particular emphasis on economic democracy, workplace democracy, and workers’ self-management
within a market socialist, decentralised planned, or democratic centrally
what is Neo - marxism?
is a collection of Marxist schools of thought originating from 20th-century approaches to amend or extend Marxism and Marxist theory, typically by incorporating elements from other intellectual traditions such as critical theory, psychoanalysis, or existentialism.
what is Revisionist Socialism?
s a political philosophy, doctrine, and tradition within socialism that stresses the idea that a social revolution is necessary to bring
about structural changes in society.
