All Socialist, Communist and Social Democratic Doctrines

The socialist family of doctrines, from the broad idea of social ownership and economic equality to its communist and social democratic forms. An entry belongs here when its cited source describes a doctrine that seeks to reduce class inequality through collective or public control of the economy. Socialism is the general doctrine, communism is its revolutionary form aimed at a classless society without private ownership of the means of production, and social democracy pursues socialist goals through democratic institutions and a regulated market economy. The group lets a reader compare their means and their aims.