Postwar reconstructionists saw the war’s social gains as a foundation for permanent social justice

Evidence

Reconstructionists aimed to concretize the social progress made during the war eff ort, which in their view represented a great stride toward a better society based on notions of social justice and redistribution. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 240

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: West German postwar restoration followed an anti-welfare neoliberal programme; Wartime disruption generated a postwar window of optimism for liberal reconstruction — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 219; 1940s drafters of the UDHR saw social rights as a working-class victory — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 149 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Postwar reconstruction planners treated women’s material conditions and communal life as grounds for emancipation. #expands (0.90) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 292
• Postwar reconstruction committees voiced working-class demands for communal living and cooperative trade. #expands (0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 295
• Postwar British reconstructionists gave political goals priority over economic cost #qualifies (0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 181
• Postwar reconstructionists reversed the priority of fiscal economy over political aims #qualifies (0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 181
• British ministers openly endorsed deficit-financed social reconstruction after the war #corroborates (0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 181