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- Social Justice in Twentieth-Century Europe
- Social Justice in Twentieth-Century Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Social Justice
- 2 Social Justice within a Market Society
- 3 Catholic Conceptions of Social Justice from 1891 to Pope Francis
- 4 Social Justice through Taxation?
- 5 A Fascist Social Justice?
- 6 Social Justice in Authoritarian Central Europe
- 7 Social Justice in a Socialist Society
- 8 Immigrants and Social Justice in Western Europe since the 1960s
- 9 Reimagining Peace through Social Justice in Mid- to Late Twentieth-Century Europe
- 10 Social Justice or Sexual Justice?
- 11 Equity Rules
- 12 Bridging the Void
- 13 Postscript
- Index
11 - Equity Rules
Social Justice on the Ruins of Socialism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 February 2024
- Social Justice in Twentieth-Century Europe
- Social Justice in Twentieth-Century Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Social Justice
- 2 Social Justice within a Market Society
- 3 Catholic Conceptions of Social Justice from 1891 to Pope Francis
- 4 Social Justice through Taxation?
- 5 A Fascist Social Justice?
- 6 Social Justice in Authoritarian Central Europe
- 7 Social Justice in a Socialist Society
- 8 Immigrants and Social Justice in Western Europe since the 1960s
- 9 Reimagining Peace through Social Justice in Mid- to Late Twentieth-Century Europe
- 10 Social Justice or Sexual Justice?
- 11 Equity Rules
- 12 Bridging the Void
- 13 Postscript
- Index
Summary
Three decades after the collapse of state socialism in Eastern Europe, where should a history of post-socialist social justice start from? This chapter explores how questions of social justice in Eastern Europe after 1989 emerged against the background of policies of privatization – the transfer of state assets to private hands – in public rhetoric and expert commentary. Taking a longer historical perspective, the chapter shows how the notion of a ‘popular’ or ‘people’s capitalism’ came to be instrumental in framing debates about wealth redistribution and mass entrepreneurship after decades of dictatorship in virtually all countries of the former Communist Bloc. The chapter concludes with some remarks on the wider implications of this regional experience for a history of social justice in the European twentieth century and beyond.
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- Social Justice in Twentieth-Century Europe , pp. 224 - 244Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024