Social democracy

August Ferdinand Bebel ( February 22 1840 – March 18 1913) was a German social democrat and one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "August Bebel"

The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG; Georgian: საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა, Sakartvelos Demokratiuli Respublika), 1918- 1921, was the first modern establishment of a Republic of Georgia. The DRG was created after the collapse of the Russian Tsarist empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917. Its established borders were with Russia, and the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus in the north, Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan in the south. It had a total land area of roughly 107,600 km2 (by comparison, the total area of today's Georgia is 69,700 km2), and a population of 2.5 million. As today, its capital was Tbilisi and its state language Georgian. Proclaimed on May 26 1918 on the break-up of the Transcaucasian Federation, it was led by the Social Democratic Menshevik party. Facing permanent internal and external problems, the young state was unable to withstand the invasion by Soviet Russian Red Armies, and collapsed in February-March 1921 to become a Soviet republic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Democratic Republic of Georgia"

Eduard Bernstein ( January 6 1850 - December 18 1932) was a German social democratic theoretician and politician, member of the SPD, and founder of evolutionary socialism or reformism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eduard Bernstein"

Karl Kautsky also wrote the official SPD commentary on the program, which was called The Class Struggle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Erfurt Program"

Evolutionary socialism is a form of socialist theory which was originally developed by Eduard Bernstein. Evolutionary socialism argues that socialist goals can be gradually completed via democracy, trade unions and reform, rather than by violent revolution. ...more on Wikipedia about "Evolutionary socialism"

The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by reformist, rather than revolutionary, means. It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning in the late 19th century and then up to World War I. The society laid many of the foundations of the Labour Party during this period and is still in existence today. Similar societies exist in Australia (see Australian Fabian Society) and New Zealand. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fabian Society"

Friedrich Ebert ( February 4, 1871 – February 28, 1925) was a German politician ( SPD), who served as the 9th Chancellor of Germany and its first president during the Weimar period. ...more on Wikipedia about "Friedrich Ebert"

Karl Kautsky ( October 18 1854 - October 17 1938) was a leading theoretician of social democracy. Furthermore, he is also a significant figure in Marxist history, as he was the editor of the fourth volume of Karl Marx's economic critique, Das Kapital. ...more on Wikipedia about "Karl Kautsky"

Progressivism is a political philosophy whose adherents promote public policies that they believe would lead to positive social change. As a broad characterization of political leanings, political progressivism mostly refers to social liberalism, social democracy, or green politics. Progressivism may also mean prefering moderate change, as opposed to minimal or maximum change. In this sense, it is contrasted with reactionary, conservative, as well as radical ideology. Progressive logic is the value logic that gives an underlying unity to this diversity of views. ...more on Wikipedia about "Progressivism"

Reformism (also called revisionism or revisionist theory) is the belief that gradual changes in a society can ultimately change its fundamental structures. It is a key component of the movement known as democratic socialism. This movement is contrasted to " revolutionary socialism", which believes that there must be a revolution to fundamentally change a society. ...more on Wikipedia about "Reformism"

Social democracy is a political ideology that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism. Initially, social democratic parties included revolutionary socialists, such as Rosa Luxemburg and Vladimir Lenin alongside those who advocated a gradualist, evolutionary approach, such as Eduard Bernstein, Karl Kautsky and Jean Jaures. After World War I and the Russian Revolution, social democracy became exclusively associated with the non-revolutionary approach. Modern social democracy emphasises a program of gradual legislative reform of the capitalist system in order to make it more equitable and humane, while the theoretical end goal of building a socialist society is either completely forgotten or redefined in a pro-capitalist way. ...more on Wikipedia about "Social democracy"

The Social market economy was the German and Austrian economic model during the Cold War era. Known as soziale Marktwirtschaft in German, it is not to be confused with the socialist market economy - the economic model of the People's Republic of China. ...more on Wikipedia about "Social market economy"

The Socialist International (SI) is an international organisation for social democratic and democratic socialist parties. ...more on Wikipedia about "Socialist International"

Wilhelm Liebknecht ( March 29, 1826 – August 7, 1900) was a German social democrat, one of the founders of the SPD and father of Karl Liebknecht and Theodor Liebknecht. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wilhelm Liebknecht"

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