The Socialist Enterprise: the Production Place of the Communist Regime. The Hunedoara Integrated Iron and Steel Works in the First Two Decades of Comm Cover Image

Întreprinderea socialistă - loc de producere a regimului comunist. Combinatul Siderurgic Hunedoara în primele două decenii comuniste
The Socialist Enterprise: the Production Place of the Communist Regime. The Hunedoara Integrated Iron and Steel Works in the First Two Decades of Comm

Author(s): Raluca Mărgărit
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: communism; socialist enterprise; workers; Stakhanovism; cultural and artistic activities.

Summary/Abstract: At the end of the Second World War, on the Romanian Communist Party's agenda two major points were highlighted: massive industrialization and the recruitment of party members. The article explores the role and functions of the socialist enterprise in communist Romania, a place where the interaction between party and society was strongly emphasized. Focusing on the first two decades of communist rule, I have chosen as a case study an enterprise with an old tradition, created at the end of the XIXth century: The Hunedoara Integrated Iron and Steel Works. In the confined space of the socialist enterprise the political, economical and social objectives of the communist regime were put in practice. In this context, the socialist enterprise became one of the most important places of propaganda, domination and control.

  • Issue Year: 12/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 63-90
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Romanian