Until the 1940s, the only countries that were recognized as socialist were the Soviet Union, which emerged after the Russian Revolution of 1917, and a few other Eastern European nations like Hungary and Poland briefly experimented with socialism during and after World War I. Additionally, the short-lived socialist government in Bavaria in 1919 and other similar movements existed, but they were not sustained. The global spread of socialism significantly increased after World War II, particularly with the establishment of communist regimes in various countries.
In school we are taught that the Great Depression started in 1929, which was true for most places. However, some places it only lasted until the 1930s but for some countries it lasted until the 1940s.
There are no complete socialist countries in Western Europe or any part of Europe, actually. Portugal is the only nation whose constitution contains some socialistic ideas, but it is not enough to be considered a socialist country.
Socialism as an economic system is not widely used anymore. The USSR was the leading socialist government till its collapse in 1991, and China has socialist elements to it's economy, but the only countries with true socialist economies in place today are Cuba and North Korea.
Denmark is one i know for sure but that is the only one that is truly at a socialist state.
Socialist This is about the only alternative to "communist" because basically, communism is complete socialism.
No country is ruled by pure democracy, because it can only be practiced in a Socialist nation. Some nations claim to be socialist, but none are.
The term "2nd world" typically refers to the former communist/socialist countries in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Latin American countries are usually classified as "developing" or "emerging" economies, and are not typically referred to as "2nd world".
No. On the whole Western European countries are under capitalist governments. Great Britain and Greece are the only two countries who, by definition of their constitutions are socialist countries.
Socialist Party of Albania's motto is 'The only way'.
The National Socialist Party, like all socialist parties was elected but for those countries being taken over there was no hope of democracy, no hope of freedom, only fascist rule. It was about democracy vs fascism.
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"When forces that are hostile to socialism and try to turn the development of some socialist country towards capitalism, it becomes not only a problem of the country concerned, but a common problem and concern of all socialist countries." - Leonid Brezhnev http://everything2.com/title/Brezhnev%2520Doctrine