Socialism (disambiguation)

Socialism is a political philosophy and economic system based on the social ownership and control of the means of production; as well as the political and economic theories, ideologies and movements that aim to establish a socialist system.

Socialism may also refer to:

• Scientific socialism, a method of analysis pioneered by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and used to analyze capitalism, where socialism is postulated to emerge from capitalist development; in the late 19th century it widely became known as Marxism
• Socialist mode of production, a more specific concept of socialist organization articulated by Marxist theory of historical materialism
• Socialist Party, or capital-s "Socialists", the policies and practices of titular Socialist political parties irrespective of whether or not they adhere to the implementation of a socialist system
  • Socialist Party (disambiguation), variations on the above
• Socialist state, a country governed by a socialist party with the constitutional aim of constructing socialism
• Real socialism, a phrase sometimes used to refer to the Soviet-type planned economies in the former Soviet Union and Eastern bloc countries