social democracy

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We have been very influenced by American culture, and at the same time we have this strong belief in the state and social democracy and a strong working class.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2022

To me, social democracy means that a full-scale democracy involves much more than just being able to vote.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2022

This would grab attention in any country, but especially in Sweden, a country that is known for egalitarian social democracy.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2022

The catastrophe of war, Piketty argued in his 2013 work, gave social democracy its chance to triumph in the West.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

This is not the moment to recall that the phrase social democracy has had in France many significations from 1837 to 1848, all of which were based upon a vague sentimentalism.

From Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History by Labriola, Antonio