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'''socialism''' is communism without a dictator basically
'''Socialism''' is a range of [[economic systems|economic]] and [[social system]]s characterised by [[social ownership]] and [[Workers' self-management|democratic control]] of the [[means of production]],{{refn|<ref>{{Cite book|title = Upton Sinclair's: A Monthly Magazine: for Social Justice, by Peaceful Means If Possible|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=i0w9AQAAMAAJ|date = 1918-01-01|last = Sinclair|first = Upton|authorlink= Upton Sinclair|quote = Socialism, you see, is a bird with two wings. The definition is 'social ownership and democratic control of the instruments and means of production.'}}</ref><ref name="Nove">{{cite web|last=Nove|first=Alec|title=Socialism|work=New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition (2008)|url= http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_S000173|quote= A society may be defined as socialist if the major part of the means of production of goods and services is in some sense socially owned and operated, by state, socialized or cooperative enterprises. The practical issues of socialism comprise the relationships between management and workforce within the enterprise, the interrelationships between production units (plan versus markets), and, if the state owns and operates any part of the economy, who controls it and how.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Rosser|first= Mariana V. and J Barkley Jr.|title= Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy|publisher= MIT Press|date=July 23, 2003|isbn= 978-0262182348|pages = 53|quote=Socialism is an economic system characterized by state or collective ownership of the means of production, land, and capital.}}</ref><ref name="N. Scott Arnold 1998. pg. 8">"What else does a socialist economic system involve? Those who favor socialism generally speak of social ownership, social control, or socialization of the means of production as the distinctive positive feature of a socialist economic system" N. Scott Arnold. ''The Philosophy and Economics of Market Socialism : A Critical Study''. Oxford University Press. 1998. pg. 8</ref><ref name="Busky1">{{cite book |last = Busky|first = Donald F.|title = Democratic Socialism: A Global Survey|publisher = Praeger|date = 20 July 2000|isbn = 978-0275968861|pages = 2|quote = Socialism masociy be defined as movements for social ownership and control of the economy. It is this idea that is the common element found in the many forms of socialism.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1= Bertrand Badie |author2= Dirk Berg-Schlosser |author3= Leonardo Morlino |title= International Encyclopedia of Political Science |publisher= SAGE Publications, Inc |year= 2011|isbn= 978-1412959636|page = 2456|quote=Socialist systems are those regimes based on the economic and political theory of socialism, which advocates public ownership and cooperative management of the means of production and allocation of resources.}}</ref>}} as well as the political ideologies, theories, and movements that aim at their establishment.<ref name="Socialism at The Free dictionary">"2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any of various social or political theories or movements in which the common welfare is to be achieved through the establishment of a socialist economic system" [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/socialism "Socialism" at The Free dictionary]</ref> Social ownership may refer to [[state ownership|public ownership]], [[cooperative|cooperative ownership]], [[citizen ownership of equity]], or any combination of these.<ref>{{cite book |last= O'Hara|first= Phillip |title= Encyclopedia of Political Economy, Volume 2 |publisher= [[Routledge]]|date=September 2003|isbn= 0-415-24187-1|page = 71|quote=In order of increasing decentralisation (at least) three forms of socialised ownership can be distinguished: state-owned firms, employee-owned (or socially) owned firms, and citizen ownership of equity.}}</ref> Although there are many varieties of socialism and there is no single definition encapsulating all of them,<ref name="Peter Lamb 2006. p. 1">Peter Lamb, J. C. Docherty. ''Historical dictionary of socialism''. Lanham, Maryland, UK; Oxford, England, UK: Scarecrow Press, Inc, 2006. p. 1.</ref> social ownership is the common element shared by its various forms.<ref name="Busky1"/><ref>{{cite book |last= Arnold|first= Scott|title= The Philosophy and Economics of Market Socialism: A Critical Study|publisher= Oxford University Press|date=1994|isbn= 978-0195088274 |pages = 7–8|quote= This term is harder to define, since socialists disagree among themselves about what socialism ‘really is.’ It would seem that everyone (socialists and nonsocialists alike) could at least agree that it is not a system in which there is widespread private ownership of the means of production…To be a socialist is not just to believe in certain ends, goals, values, or ideals. It also requires a belief in a certain institutional means to achieve those ends; whatever that may mean in positive terms, it certainly presupposes, at a minimum, the belief that these ends and values cannot be achieved in an economic system in which there is widespread private ownership of the means of production…Those who favor socialism generally speak of social ownership, social control, or socialization of the means of production as the distinctive positive feature of a socialist economic system.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Hastings, Mason and Pyper|first= Adrian, Alistair and Hugh |title= The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought |publisher= Oxford University Press|date= December 21, 2000|isbn= 978-0198600244|page = 677|quote=Socialists have always recognized that there are many possible forms of social ownership of which co-operative ownership is one...Nevertheless, socialism has throughout its history been inseparable from some form of common ownership. By its very nature it involves the abolition of private ownership of capital; bringing the means of production, distribution, and exchange into public ownership and control is central to its philosophy. It is difficult to see how it can survive, in theory or practice, without this central idea.}}</ref>
 
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