From Peasants to Builders of Socialism: The Mobilisation of Young Workers in Socialist Yugoslavia (1945–1965)

Ivana Dobrivojević Tomić

Europe-Asia Studies, 2022, vol. 74, issue 7, 1147-1165

Abstract: This essay addresses a neglected subject: the role of youth in the socialist transformation of Yugoslav society. Its purpose is not to deny the voluntary engagement of young men and women in this endeavour, but to shed new light on how young workers were mobilised for factories and work actions. The regime’s expectations of youth were unrealistically high, yet young people in the 1950s and early 1960s endured inadequate education, scarce job opportunities, low living standards and low social status. The study is based on material from the Archives of Yugoslavia and Serbia and selected periodicals.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2022.2097648

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