Hungary and Czechoslovakia Rationalizing the Prevailing Policies

Major theoretical innovations emanating from the Soviet Union are regarded throughout Warsaw-Pact officialdom as universally valid, so when Secretary Brezhnev introduced the notion of developed socialism, it was inevitable that the leaders of Czechoslovakia and Hungary would pursue the implications for their own societies. The importance of qualitative conditions notwithstanding, the theory implies that certain quantitative indices might be useful as benchmarks of maturing socialist societies. Central to the institutional development foreseen in the new historical phase are the twin goals of improving management techniques and "perfecting" socialist democracy. Official Hungarian statements on the subject of socialist democracy have a ring of seriousness to them that may not be fully born out in practice but sound more persuasive than Czechoslovak statements. In the political superstructure, developed socialism implies efforts to perfect the institutions of socialist democracy and draw all workers into a participatory role. … celý popis

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Publikováno v

Developed Socialism in the Soviet Bloc: Political Theory and Political Reality s. 37 - 59

Hlavní autor

Paul, David W.

Typ dokumentu

Book Chapter

Jazyk

English

Vydáno

Routledge 1982

Vydání

1

Témata

Romanian Communist Party

Budapest School

Hungarian Trade Unions

András Hegedűs

Hungarian Standard

National Committees

Hungarian Approach

Official Hungarian Statements

Socio-economic Development

Soviet Theorists

Higher Governmental Bodies

Multiple Candidate Elections

West Germany

Socioeconomic Development

Mixed Ethnic Composition

Scientific Technological Revolution

Reformist Policies

Czechoslovakia's Leaders

GDR

Developed Socialist State

Hungarian Leadership

GNP Statistic

Socialist Alliance

Developmental Indicators

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ISBN

9780367019273
0367019272
9780429704895
0429704895

DOI

10.4324/9780429049132-3