Third International Theory

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political ideology political theory state ideology

Third International Theory is Muammar Gaddafi’s idiosyncratic political doctrine, outlined in his Green Book, that claims to offer an alternative to both capitalism and communism by combining elements of Arab nationalism, socialism, and direct popular rule through “people’s committees.”

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Libyan Third International Theory	1
The Social Basis of the Third International Theory (Part Three of The Green Book)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political ideology ⓘ political theory ⓘ state ideology ⓘ
advocates	abolition of traditional wage employment ⓘ direct democracy ⓘ popular congresses and committees system ⓘ social ownership of key resources ⓘ
aimsTo	create a classless society ⓘ unify Arab and African peoples under a new model ⓘ
associatedWith	Libya ⓘ surface form: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
author	Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
claimsTo	embody rule of the masses ⓘ resolve contradictions of capitalism and communism ⓘ
codifiedIn	The Green Book ⓘ surface form: The Green Book, Part One The Green Book ⓘ surface form: The Green Book, Part Three The Green Book ⓘ surface form: The Green Book, Part Two
coreConcept	Jamahiriya (state of the masses) ⓘ direct popular rule ⓘ people’s committees ⓘ people’s congresses ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Libya ⓘ
criticizedFor	authoritarian implementation ⓘ lack of genuine pluralism ⓘ personality cult around Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
developedIn	1970s ⓘ
economicModel	cooperative production ⓘ state-guided socialism ⓘ
formulatedInWork	The Green Book ⓘ
hasPart	Third International Theory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Social Basis of the Third International Theory (Part Three of The Green Book) The Solution of the Economic Problem (Part Two of The Green Book) ⓘ The Solution of the Problem of Democracy (Part One of The Green Book) ⓘ
historicalContext	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War era
implementedBy	Libyan government ⓘ surface form: Libyan government under Muammar Gaddafi
influencedBy	Arab nationalism ⓘ Islam ⓘ socialism ⓘ
languageOfPrimaryText	Arabic ⓘ
politicalSystemName	Jamahiriya system ⓘ
positionedAs	alternative to capitalism ⓘ alternative to communism ⓘ
regionOfInfluence	Libya ⓘ some African states ⓘ some Arab states ⓘ
rejects	parliamentary systems ⓘ political parties ⓘ representative democracy ⓘ wage labor as exploitation ⓘ
socialModel	tribal and communal structures ⓘ
usesSlogan	power, wealth and arms in the hands of the people ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third International Theory → hasPart → Third International Theory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Social Basis of the Third International Theory (Part Three of The Green Book)

The Green Book → ideology → Third International Theory ⓘ

Islamic socialism → influenced → Third International Theory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Libyan Third International Theory

Muammar Gaddafi → politicalIdeology → Third International Theory ⓘ

Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya → politicalIdeologyContext → Third International Theory ⓘ