Comparative Approach of Collectivization Process in Romania and Hungary
Comparative Approach of Collectivization Process in Romania and Hungary

Summary/Abstract: Collectivization as a process and system is a specific phenomenon of all communist regimes established after 1945 in eastern and central Europe following the soviet model of laws and practices. Hungary and Romania offers two parallel models particularly interesting, in terms of imposing the same Stalinist model, but the difficulties and social realities of each state led to different outcomes. If in Romania was possible to impose a similar Stalinist model (like in USSR or Albania), in Hungary this fact wasn’t sustainable. After a forced attempt of imposing a Stalinist model, the Hungarian economy had a strong rebound who constrained the political authorities to try a neo-Stalinist model with many liberal measures. All in all, this article succeed to bring forward political decisions, stages of collectivization and the methods used by Hungarian and Romanian governments to build the rural socialist society.

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