What is Social democracy?
{{distinguish|democratic socialism}} [[File:Red_rose_02.svg|thumb|175px|right|A red [[rose]], the symbol for social democracy.]] '''Social democracy''' is a [[political ideology]] within [[socialism]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39706797|title=Contemporary political ideologies|date=1999|publisher=Pinter|isbn=1-85567-605-2|edition=2nd|location=London|pages=80–103|oclc=39706797}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/94270255|title=Socialism : a very short introduction|last=Newman|first=Michael|date=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-151684-9|location=Oxford|pages=5|oclc=94270255}}</ref> The ideology is named for [[democracy]] where people have a say in [[government]] actions and it works to introduce socialism while also helping people in need by providing [[Health care|healthcare]], [[education]] and [[Welfare|social welfare]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38096851|title=Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy|date=1998|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0-415-07310-3|location=London|pages=827|oclc=38096851}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/699482491|title=International encyclopedia of political science|date=2011|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-1-4129-9416-3|location=Thousdand Oaks, Calif.|pages=2423|oclc=699482491}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122283497|title=The theory of social democracy|last=Meyer|first=Thomas|date=2007|publisher=Polity|others=Lewis P. Hinchman|isbn=978-0-7456-4112-6|location=Cambridge, UK|oclc=122283497}}</ref> This makes it easier for people to support themselves in [[society]] by having more protection if they are [[Unemployment|unemployed]] or fall into [[poverty]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/798809969|title=Connecting social welfare policy to fields of practice|last=Colby|first=Ira C.|date=2013|publisher=Wiley|others=Catherine N. Dulmus, Karen M. Sowers|isbn=978-1-118-41928-1|location=Hoboken, N.J.|oclc=798809969}}</ref> As an ideology within socialism, i