social democracy
Regulated market progressivism
Social democracy is a political philosophy advocating gradual reform of capitalism through democratic processes rather than revolution.
It supports a mixed economy with robust social welfare programs, workers' rights, and government regulation of markets: The Nordic countries are often cited as successful models of social democracy.
Social democrats accept private enterprise but seek to temper inequality through progressive taxation and public services.
Of a legislature
- multipartyInvolving several groups
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- proportional representationSeats allocated by vote share
- consensusGeneral group agreement
electorate · constituency · legislation · cabinet · administration · statecraft · policy · centrism
Guaranteed medical access nationwide
- public pensionGovernment retirement benefit
- unemployment insuranceBenefits for displaced workers
- public housingSubsidized homes for poor
- childcare subsidyPayment toward youth supervision
disability benefits · safety net · public education · parental leave · sick leave · food assistance · elder care · single-payer
Philosophy of universal equality
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- equal opportunityUnbiased chance for all
- income redistributionReallocating resources across populations
- progressive taxationRates increase with income
wealth distribution · universal suffrage · civil rights · human rights · non-discrimination · gender equality · racial equality · inclusivity
Workers' collective for negotiations
- labor movementOrganized effort for worker rights
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- worker rightsLegal protections for employees
- mutual aidCooperative community support
brotherhood · cooperation · community · interdependence · class consciousness · organized labor · strikes · picket
Philosophy of incremental change
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- amendmentChange to official text
- revisionAltering to improve
transformation · ballot box · legislative reform · regulatory reform · pragmatism · compromise · amelioration
parliamentary
Of a legislature
- multipartyInvolving several groups
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- proportional representationSeats allocated by vote share
consensus · electorate · constituency · legislation · cabinet · administration · statecraft · policy · centrism · left-wing
universal healthcare
Guaranteed medical access nationwide
- public pensionGovernment retirement benefit
- unemployment insuranceBenefits for displaced workers
- public housingSubsidized homes for poor
childcare subsidy · disability benefits · safety net · public education · parental leave · sick leave · food assistance · elder care · single-payer · cradle-to-grave
egalitarianism
Philosophy of universal equality
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- equal opportunityUnbiased chance for all
- income redistributionReallocating resources across populations
progressive taxation · wealth distribution · universal suffrage · civil rights · human rights · non-discrimination · gender equality · racial equality · inclusivity · enfranchisement
trade union
Workers' collective for negotiations
- labor movementOrganized effort for worker rights
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- worker rightsLegal protections for employees
mutual aid · brotherhood · cooperation · community · interdependence · class consciousness · organized labor · strikes · picket · shop steward
gradualism
Philosophy of incremental change
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- amendmentChange to official text
revision · transformation · ballot box · legislative reform · regulatory reform · pragmatism · compromise · amelioration
- NorwayOslo, Bergen, Trondheim, fjord, fjords
- ScandinaviaNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
- SwedenStockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Uppsala, Scania
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- economic systemscapitalism, mercantilism, communism, feudalism, agrarian economy
- European PoliticsEU, European Parliament, European Union, EU Commission, eurozone
social democracyneoliberalism
Pro-market, anti-regulation ideology
libertarianism · anarcho-capitalism · Thatcherism · Reaganomics · classical liberalism
social democracyBolshevism
Lenin's revolutionary communist ideology
Maoism · Trotskyism · Marxism-Leninism · Leninism · anarchism
social, society, democracy, sociable, socialism, antisocial, socialist, socialize, unsocial