The Sovietization of rural Hungary, 1945-1980 : subjugation in the name of equality
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The Sovietization of rural Hungary, 1945-1980 : subjugation in the name of equality
(Routledge histories of Central and Eastern Europe)
Routledge, 2023
- : hbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-189) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this book the experiential history of the Soviet-style social transformation projects between 1945 and 1980 is discussed through the example of rural Hungary.
The book interprets state socialism as a (modernization) project. Existing socialism was a form of dictatorship in which authorities sought to transform the mentalities of their subjects from the individual level to the global scale. This project depended on socio-economic homogenization; one important method of asserting state power was the transformation of property rights (land redistribution, collectivization). Communist modernization discriminated against the inhabitants of rural areas, who were the primary victims of collectivization and the discriminatory effects of the rules implemented by policymakers. The resulting radical changes in peasant lifestyles would become a source of social pathologies. However, not the authorities but contemporary scholars considered the social costs of these actions. The book aims at Weberian disenchantment and contributes to the deconstruction of the common image of Hungarian socialism, "the happiest barrack."
The intended audience includes readers at the graduate level in the fields of history, political science, and anthropology, general readers interested in the history of communism. It is hoped that the research questions inspire new research for exploring convergent and divergent elements in social transformation in former communist countries.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction. Perspectives, Realms of Experience, and the Horizons of the Future 2. The End of the War-The Beginning of Sovietization: "Land Reform," the Crippling of the Church, and the Breaking of the Traditional Elites (1945-1948) 3. Class Warfare in the Hungarian Village (1948-1956): An Experiential History of the First Wave of Forced Collectivization 4. The Revolution of 1956 and the Second Wave of Forced Collectivization (1959-1961) 5. The Two Pillars of Anti-Rural Policy: Welfare Programs and Settlement Initiatives 6. The Socialist Village: The Long-Term Consequences of Collectivization 7. Our Conclusions
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