Uprising in Czechoslovakia
After the Second World War, unlike the other nations in the Soviet Block,
Czechoslovakia began to stress heavy industry and consumer goods over
agricultural and services. By the 1950’s, however, the concept of central
planning had crippled the nation’s fledgling heavy industries with waste and
corruption resulting in high labor turnover, low productivity, and poor product
quality. The communist party, in addition to being burdened with a failing
economy, was being toward apart by a conflict revolving around the extent to
which the liberalization should be applied and an effort within the Slovak
community for greater autonomy
Czechoslovakia began to stress heavy industry and consumer goods over
agricultural and services. By the 1950’s, however, the concept of central
planning had crippled the nation’s fledgling heavy industries with waste and
corruption resulting in high labor turnover, low productivity, and poor product
quality. The communist party, in addition to being burdened with a failing
economy, was being toward apart by a conflict revolving around the extent to
which the liberalization should be applied and an effort within the Slovak
community for greater autonomy