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GCSE Sociology · key term
An economic system based on collective or social ownership of productive resources rather than private ownership for profit. Zaretsky sees it as necessary for ending the separation of family and public life.
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A system in which productive resources, such as capital, land and factories, are owned by the community as a whole rather than by a few individuals.
Revise: Research and Political Key TermsSocialism and communism are associated with the left; conservatism is associated with the right. These labels describe broad groupings, not identical beliefs held by everyone within them.
Present the claim that only socialism permits personal fulfilment as Zaretsky’s argument, not as an established fact.
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An economic system based on collective or social ownership of the means of production rather than private ownership for profit.
Revise: Marxist Theory of the FamilyFor Zaretsky, family life could not fully compensate for this experience or remove its economic causes. He argued that socialism was needed to overcome the separation of personal life from the wider economy and make personal fulfilment possible.
