New Course policy

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The New Course policy was a reform program in 1950s Hungary associated with Imre Nagy that aimed to relax Stalinist controls, improve living standards, and introduce a more moderate form of socialism.

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New Course policy canonical 1

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instanceOf economic reform program ⓘ
political reform program ⓘ
aimedTo decrease forced industrialization ⓘ
improve agricultural output ⓘ
improve living standards ⓘ
introduce a more moderate form of socialism ⓘ
raise real wages ⓘ
reduce political repression ⓘ
relax Stalinist controls ⓘ
reorient economic policy toward consumer goods ⓘ
appliesTo Hungarian People’s Republic ⓘ
associatedWith Imre Nagy ⓘ
characterizedBy greater tolerance of public criticism ⓘ
limited decentralization of economic management ⓘ
partial relaxation of police surveillance ⓘ
contributedTo conditions leading to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution ⓘ
political liberalization in Hungary ⓘ
country Hungary ⓘ
endedBy removal of Imre Nagy from power ⓘ
historicalSignificance early attempt to reform Stalinist socialism in Eastern Europe ⓘ
ideologicalContext de‑Stalinization ⓘ
implementedBy Imre Nagy government ⓘ
linked to: Imre Nagy
implementedUnderSystem state socialism ⓘ
inception 1953 ⓘ
influenced Hungarian reform communist movement ⓘ
influencedBy Soviet New Course policy ⓘ
limitedBy Soviet control over Hungary ⓘ
opposedBy Mátyás Rákosi ⓘ
Stalinist hardliners in Hungary ⓘ
policyArea economic policy ⓘ
political governance ⓘ
social policy ⓘ
politicalOrientation reformist socialism ⓘ
precededBy Stalinist policies of Mátyás Rákosi ⓘ
resultedIn increased popularity of Imre Nagy ⓘ
temporary improvement in consumer supply ⓘ
timePeriod 1950s ⓘ

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Imre Nagy → notableWork → New Course policy ⓘ