socialisms
Workers-control-the-means doctrines
Socialisms is simply the plural of socialism, used when distinguishing between different varieties or theoretical frameworks of socialist thought.
Political scientists and historians speak of socialisms to acknowledge that the term encompasses diverse movements—from democratic socialism to Marxist-Leninist models to utopian experiments.
The twentieth century saw competing socialisms vie for influence across Europe and beyond.
Group primacy doctrine
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- public ownershipState-held property or enterprise
- planned economyCentralized resource allocation system
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
cooperatives · worker control · means of production · welfare state · common ownership · central planning · labor rights · egalitarianism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
- TrotskyismRevolutionary socialist theory opposing bureaucracy
- labor movementOrganized effort for worker rights
internationalism · revolution · reformism · leftism · progressivism · trade unionism · solidarity · working class
One prioritizing shared welfare
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- perfectibilityCapacity to become flawless
- intentional communityPlanned values-based residential collective
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
collectivism
Group primacy doctrine
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- public ownershipState-held property or enterprise
- planned economyCentralized resource allocation system
nationalization · cooperatives · worker control · means of production · welfare state · common ownership · central planning · labor rights · egalitarianism · anti-capitalism
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
- TrotskyismRevolutionary socialist theory opposing bureaucracy
labor movement · internationalism · revolution · reformism · leftism · progressivism · trade unionism · solidarity · working class · mass mobilization
communitarian
One prioritizing shared welfare
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- perfectibilityCapacity to become flawless
- intentional communityPlanned values-based residential collective
mutualism · visionary · reformer · brotherhood · fellowship
kibbutzim
Israeli communal settlements
- revisionismReexamining established doctrine
socialismsfree enterprise
Privately owned, competitive economy
neoliberalism · corporatism · mercantilism · capitalism · laissez-faire economics
socialismslibertarianism
Minimal-government political philosophy
conservatism · classical liberalism · individualism · Thatcherism · objectivism
- socialist statesCollectively owned nation systems
- socialist movementPush for communal ownership
- democratic socialistAdvocates socialism via elections
- socialist propagandaPersuasion favoring collective ownership
- socialist countriesStates with collective ownership
- democratic socialismElectoral path to collective ownership