From National Discrimination toward the Intensifying Class Struggle: Czechoslovak Welfare State 1945-1956

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the early history of communist (popular democratic) welfare reforms after the World War II. It is focused on the issue of redistribution and transformation of the social structure through welfare policies and labour law, which were produced by a unique combination of nationalism and socialist ideology.

Keywords

• Czechoslovakia
• Welfare State
• Socialism
• Inequality
• Discrimination