The Social Question in Changing Perspectives. The Agrarian Social Political Concept of Jenő Czettler Cover Image

A szociális kérdés alakváltozatai. Czettler Jenő mezőgazdasági szociálpolitikai koncepciója
The Social Question in Changing Perspectives. The Agrarian Social Political Concept of Jenő Czettler

Author(s): Éva Petrás
Subject(s): Social history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont Történettudományi Intézet
Keywords: agrarian social policy; peasantry; conservatism; Catholicism

Summary/Abstract: Jenő Czettler (1879–1953) was a prominent economist, social politician, scholar, and conservative Christian party politician who specialized in the field of agrarian and peasant question. He excelled in the first decades of the 20th century, became an expert of the question, and held a numerous decisive political and academic positions, which made him a key figure in his field before World War II. As a consequence of his career’s arc and political commitment, however, he fell victim of persecution in the Rákosi era and after a show trial he died in prison. The study deals with Czettler’s biography from the point of view of the development of his agrarian social political concept.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 315-326
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Hungarian