Trofimova, I.N. Social democracy and development of modern society.

Abstract: Democratic theory and practice are under infl uence of complicated and contradictory processes, there’s lack of clarity of understanding of key values of democracy: freedom, equality, brotherhood. Social democracy is aimed to take into account the interests of wider spectrum of social groups and civil groups. The ideas of social democracy become part of state social policy, they are taken by other political movements, including both liberal and conservative ones.

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