Does Jeremy Corbyn align himself more with traditional socialism or is he a social democrat?

Jeremy Corbyn recently won the Labour leadership contest by a landslide of almost 60% of the votes. He is involved in the socialist campaign group, but is he a traditional socialist or a social democrat?

Socialism is an ideology that ranges from the revolutionary communism to reformist social democracy and believes that people are bound together by common humanity. Traditional socialists usually believe that capitalism should be abolished and to have equality for all. Whereas social democracy is an ideology that supports a broad balance between capitalism and state intervention.

Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that he prioritizes the needs of the people and protecting human rights. He is very left wing and believes that there is an alternative to the neo-liberal Thatcherite consensus, whilst having an anti-austerity message.

I believe Corbyn is aligned more with traditional socialism because he wants to re-nationalise Britain's railway services and energy companies. He is also a strong republican which means that he does not like the Monarchy, as he won't sing the National Anthem; he won't fight to get rid of the Royal Family because he knows he would lose. Corbyn also wants to introduce a National Education Service, modeled on the NHS, and to abolish Private Finance Initiative deals with the NHS, by using government funds to buy them out. This all shows a traditional socialist's values, as they believe that the state should own and run the economy and its services to help those most in need, such as the working class.

This portrays Jeremy Corbyn as a traditional socialism as he is more for protectionism and state intervention to get more money for the government, to fund more public services. He also wants to reduce the welfare benefits, to encourage more people to work instead of claiming benefits, by introducing a National Maximum living wage. Traditional socialists believes in equality for all, and Corbyn represents this as he has expressed that he wants equality for women, to make 50% of his cabinet female. Social democrats prefer a mixed economy, but Jeremy Corbyn prefers the state to own public services. He also has an austere, almost ascetic approach to life which means that he possesses self discipline and has a plain lifestyle.