CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Sawyer, Michelle Nicole |
|---|---|
| Title | Women's Reproductive Rights under State Socialism in Hungary: The Ratko Era, 1950-1956 |
| Summary | This thesis aims to illustrate the nature of the Rákosi regime as a failed attempt to establish totalitarian rule through the example of the failed reproductive policies of the Ratkó Era. I argue that what I call ‘functionalist’ approaches to the Era treat it as a case of careful planning and calculated policy changes. These approaches assert that the relationship between the minor baby boom that occurred in 1953 and 1954 and the societal changes that accompanied it can be described as cause and effect, with both occurrences being the direct result of the “Ratkó Law,” Resolution 1.004. Through an examination of reproductive policies, I argue that the Ratkó Era was rather a haphazard and hastily improvised program that did not fully attain any of its stated goals. |
| Supervisor | Zimmermann, Susan; Iordachi, Constantin |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/sawyer_michelle.pdf |
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