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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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
surface form: 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
surface form: Imre Nagy government
implementedUnderSystem state socialism
inception 1953
influenced Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
surface form: Hungarian reform communist movement
influencedBy Soviet economic reforms of 1965
surface form: 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