Tim Pfefferle 
Socialism and its Defining Elements [EPUB ebook] 

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics – Basics and General, grade: 74, Queen Mary University of London (Department of Politics and International Relations), course: Introduction to International Relations, language: English, abstract: This essay investigates the elements which can be considered as defining characteristics of a socialist outlook. It will analyze equality as a starting points for socialist ideology, followed by the idea of community as a normative and instrumental key to socialist thought. Lastly, social democracy will be investigated in terms of its historical connections to socialism.