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Social sciences > Political science > Social democracy

Preferred term

Social democracy  

Definition

  • A political movement advocating a gradual and peaceful transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means; a democratic welfare state that incorporates both capitalist and socialist practices [Merriam Web Collegiate]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Democracy, social
  • Revisionism, social democracy

Notation

  • 121005

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-Z9SKCTKT-P

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