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[[File:Roger_van_Boxtel.jpg|thumb|225px|[[Jorś Mâþijassun]], a prominent professional socialist, served as Thingspeaker between 1999 and 2003.]]
'''Professional socialism''' ([[Azmaran language|Azmaran]]: ''Beruupssośalismus'') is a term used in [[Azmara|Azmaran politics]] to refer to the {{wpl|centrism|centrist}} approach taken by the [[Workers' Party (Azmara)|Workers' Party]] between 1991 and 2006 under the leaderships of [[Herman Jonssun]], [[Jorś Mâþijassun]] and [[Eleina Helmutsdohter]]. Inspired variously by {{wpl|Third Way}} politics, {{wpl|social liberalism}} and {{wpl|social democracy}}, professional socialism focuses on achieving {{wpl|social equality}} through the bolstering of universally provided {{wpl|public services}} alongside targeted, means-based {{wpl|welfare support}} programs in the framework of a relatively {{wpl|deregulation|deregulated}}, {{wpl|free-market economy}}.
==Origins==
The Workers' Party would win the 1987 election under the leadership of Herman Jonssun on a platform of reversing {{wpl|neoliberal}} and {{wpl|monetarism|monetarist}} reforms implemented by the first and second Aarne Leifssun ministries that had ruled the country since 1981 and re-orient the nation's {{wpl|fiscal policy}} towards a more {{wpl|Keynesian economics|demand-side}} approach. Herman Jonssun would become Thingpeaker at the head of a coalition government with [[The Radicals (Azmara)|The Radicals]] and the [[Azmaran Democrats]] which would see some successes with {{wpl|social reforms}} such as the successful 1988 referendum to decriminalise first-trimester abortion yet due to disagreements between the government parties over economic policy Jonssun's proposed reforms were not implemented in full and the limited stimulus program implemented to reduce high {{wpl|unemployment}} would see little success.

As a result, while the three government parties would win a reduced majority of seats in 1990, the coalition was not renewed and the Radicals and Democrats would align with [[Gold Flame]] to form the third Leifssun government. This prompted a crisis of ideology within the Workers' Party, with both the failure to fully implement their social democratic manifesto and for the partially implemented reforms to solve the country's economic problems being commonly seen as contributing to the party's loss of seats and governance. As a result, Jonssun would announce a significant realignment of the party's priorities at the party's 1991 annual conference towards bolstering public services such as {{wpl|education}} and {{wpl|healthcare}} and implementing {{wpl|active labour market policies}} in order to help reduce unemployment. Jonssun would also reorient his leadership team towards younger candidates, appointing [[Jorś Mâþijassun]] as his deputy and economic spokesman and brining in newly-elected Folksmot members [[Eleina Helmutsdohter]] and [[Niina Hermansdohter]].
==Ideology==
In his 2016 book, ''Wat wâst Beruupssośalismus?'', Azmaran political scientist Henrik Johanssun proposes four key tenets of professional socialism with reference to the governance of Azmara - adherence to the {{wpl|social market economy}}, {{wpl|universal public services}}, {{wpl|active labour market policies|active welfare policies}} and a {{wpl|cultural liberalism|culturally liberal}} outlook.
===Social market economy===
===Universal public services===
===Active welfare policies===
===Cultural liberalism===
==Decline==
==Outside Azmara==
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