Socialism Today The Changing Meaning of Socialism [Paperback]

'Real socialism' has failed: its economy is ruined, its political system is in tatters. Reforms would appear to be not only necessary, but inevitable. What about the socialist ideas and ideals? Are the values for which people have fought for decades now out of date? Would it not be conceivable to build a system in which the true values of socialism could become reality at last? This book attempts to discuss the beginnings of a theoretical concept for such a system, and to define the foundations of a conceivable model.Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Socialism: Theory and Practice; O.Sik - Social Ownership; B.Horvat - Dogmata and Life; G.S.Lisichkin - Socialism: the Very Concept under Scrutiny; W.Brus - Two Remarks on Socialism and Reforms; T.Bauer - Problems with the Definition of Socialism in Today's World; L.Balcerovicz - Socialism: Why; A.Nove - A Predictament of Systemic Change: Supply and Demand Pricing; K.Kouba - Socialist Property: Contents and Forms of Realization; R.N.Yevstigneyev - The Regulated Market: The Future of Socialism?; J.Kovacs - A Present-Day Socio-Economic Notion of Socialism; F.Levcik - Socialist Values and Economic Systems; J.Kosta - Some Remarks on Socialism: Synopsis of the Discussion on the Occasion of the St Gall Research Talks of September 28-30 1989; O.Sik & K-F.Raible - Appendix: Problems of Reforming a Socialist Economy; O.Sik - Index