Alienating Labour Workers on the Road from Socialism to Capitalism in East Germany and Hungary

The Communist Party dictatorships in Hungary and East Germany sought to win over the "masses" with promises of providing for ever-increasing levels of consumption. This policy-successful at the outset-in the long-term proved to be detrimental for the regimes because it shifted working clas...

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Main Author: Bartha, Eszter (auth)
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Language:English
Published: Berghahn Books 2013
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