Original scientific paper
THE CHANGE IN THE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE IN YUGOSLAVIA (1945-1948) ON THE PAGES OF THE CROAT NEWSPAPERS
Marijan Maticka
; Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The change of the ownership structure in Yugoslavia (1945-1948) is one of the more important changes for the establishment of the system that the Communist Party of Yugoslavia wanted to create. This article examines the ways of reporting about those changes in the newspapers of Croatia. The writing of the papers in a totalitarian state reflects the state-party policies. The author studies texts in Vjesnik, Narodni list, Slobodna Dalmacija, Glas Slavonije, Glas rada, and Naprijed.
An analysis of the reporting about the Law of the Agrarian Reform and Colonization of August 1945, the Law of Nationalization of the Private Industrial Firms of December 1946, and the Law of the Changes and Supplements of the Law of Nationalization of the Private Industrial Firms of April 1948 shows that the regime wanted to portray the promulgation of these laws as its concern for the eradication of exploitation and for the introduction of workers' ownership of the means of production. This was also portrayed as the basis for a new social system of richer and more beautiful way of life. The ultimate purpose of the newspapers reporting was the creation of a favorable public opinion.
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Hrčak ID:
209847
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Publication date:
10.1.1993.
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