Socialism (disambiguation)

Socialism may refer to an economic system, a political philosophy, a kind of society or the policies of specific political parties. The term socialism may be used interchangeably with other related but distinct concepts such as cooperative enterprises, economic planning, Marxist economic and political theories and left-wing politics.

Economics

• Socialist calculation debate, a debate among economists on whether or not socialism can perform economic valuations and calculations in the absence of monetary prices, the law of value and/or capital markets.

Schools of thought

• Anarchist economics, decentralized economic proposals which include Mutualism (economic theory).
• Cooperative economics, decentralized decision-making and cooperative ownership of enterprises by member-workers.
• Marxian economics, a school of economic thought that focuses on critical analysis of capitalism, and does not articulate any specific model of socialism but is used to support several of them.

Economic systems

• Communist economic system, a post-scarcity economy based on common ownership and free access postulated to emerge from technological advancement, according to Marxist and anarcho-communist theories.
• Economic planning, conducted in a centralized or decentralized manner.
• Market socialism, a group of economic theories that combine market allocation of capital with public ownership of production.
• Production for use, the name for a situation in which the means of production are commonly owned and production is carried out according to needs rather than for profit.
• Socialist mode of production, also called simply "socialism" in Marxist theory. This is the economic system that will replace capitalism, according to Marxists.
• Socialist market economy, the name used by the People's Republic of China and Vietnam to refer to their economic systems.
• Soviet-type economic planning, the model of economic planning and management practiced in the former Soviet Union and Eastern bloc.

Political philosophies and movements

• Christian socialism, socialism based on Christian beliefs.
• Democratic socialism, a group of political movements that aim to build socialism from grassroots organization.
• Leninism and Marxism-Leninism, the ideologies adopted by most major Communist parties and Communist states.
• Libertarian socialism and Left communism, ideologies that advocate free associations of individuals and collaborative decision-making in place of the traditional state.
• Marxism, a method of socioeconomic analysis that analyzes class relations and societal conflict, and is the basis for many socialist ideologies.
• Scientific socialism, the Marxist socialist philosophy related to historical materialism.
• Social Anarchism, an ideology that is opposed to all forms of hierarchy.
• Social democracy, a movement that aims to gradually build socialism through elections and parliamentary means.
• State socialism, a general term for different socialist movements that advocate a strong role for the state.

States and political parties

• Communist state
• Socialist state
• List of socialist states
• Communist party
• Socialist Party
• Socialist Party (disambiguation)

History

• History of socialism
• History of communism

Nationalism

• The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (also spelled Ba'th or Baath'; Template:Lang-ar) is a secular Arab nationalist/Pan-Arabist political party that synthesizes certain socialist economic ideas with the nationalist goal of uniting all Arabs into a single state.

Misconceptions in popular culture

• Social market economy, an economic model combining free markets with significant state intervention, prominent in Continental Europe.
• Welfare capitalism, a private sector-driven market economy that features public provision of social welfare.
• National Socialism, also known as Nazism, is a far right ideology and practice featuring racism, antisemitism, social inequality, and the promotion of German business interests. It is opposed to social democracy and communism.
• Nordic model, a collective term for the economic systems and social policy regimes prominent in the Nordic countries, consisting of a free market economy with high taxation and generous publicly-funded welfare services, healthcare and education.

Books and films

• Socialism, a book by John Stuart Mill.
• Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis, a book by Ludwig von Mises.
• Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, an essay by Friedrich Engels.
• Whither Socialism?, a book on economics by Joseph Stiglitz, first published in 1994.
• Film Socialisme, a 2010 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard.