SOCIALISMO SIGLO XXI

STOCKHOLM REVIEW OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES Issue No 1. November 2006 Stockholm REVIEW oF latIn amERIcan StudIES Issue no 1. november 2006 84 Sobre el socialismo del siglo XXI en Venezuela Oscar Reyes This article1 aims at offering some contributions... More

STOCKHOLM REVIEW OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES Issue No 1. November 2006 Stockholm REVIEW oF latIn amERIcan StudIES Issue no 1. november 2006 84 Sobre el socialismo del siglo XXI en Venezuela Oscar Reyes This article1 aims at offering some contributions concerning institutions in transition towards a new model we could call Socialism of the 21st Century, from the following points of view: (a) the political system, (b) the production system, (c) the property relationships, and (d) the distributive justice. The model has some restrictions: it must be democratic and should preserve private property rights, so it will not be relevant to talk about a violent or revolutionary substitution of capitalism, but rather a cohabitation or slow transition towards this new hypothetic model. Key words: socialism, democracy, transition, restrictions Oscar Reyes teaches Political Philosophy at the Centro de Investigación y Formación Humanística of the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas. oreyes@ Less