Pathways of Socialism in Nepal Background Socialism is said to be a economic-political theory and a philosophy which focuses developing humanity characterized by accessibility of basic needs of the people comprising education, health and housing mediated by the state. Simply, socialism is a system that negates the capitalist private ownership and promotes some form and degree of public ownership of the means of production. We cannot see a definite pattern of socialism development; it can be of various patterns in accordance with the specific development contexts. It means socialism discourse in core-, semi-periphery and periphery- could be potentially different. Karl Marx, a famous political economist and philosopher, indicated the socialism as a successor of capitalist economy after its degeneration through class conflicts at the peak stage of capital accumulation. He highlighted the primary role of class struggle between bourgeois and proletarians in bringing the socialist ...
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