Editing Socialism with a human face (section)

{{Short description|Slogan for Alexander Dubcek's reforms in Communist Czechoslovakia}}
[[File:RadovanRichta.png|thumb|The first author of the slogan was [[Radovan Richta]].]]

'''Socialism with a human face''' ({{langx|cs|socialismus s lidskou tváří}}, {{langx|sk|socializmus s ľudskou tvárou}}) was a [[slogan]] referring to the [[reformist]] and [[democratic socialist]] programme of [[Alexander Dubček]] and his colleagues, agreed at the Presidium of the [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]] in April 1968,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Library of Congress|url=http://www.country-studies.com/czech-republic/the-prague-spring,-1968.html|title=The Prague Spring, 1968|access-date=5 January 2008}}</ref> after he became chairman of the KSČ in January 1968.

The first author of this slogan was [[Radovan Richta]], and it was a process of moderate [[democratization]], economic modernization, and [[political liberalization]] that sought to build an advanced and modern socialist society that valued [[Democracy|democratic]] Czechoslovak tradition<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Lazarowitz|first=Arlene|last2=Bingham|first2=Emily|date=2005-02-01|title=Socialism With a Human Face: The Leadership and Legacy of the Prague Spring.|journal=History Teacher|volume=38|issue=2|page=273|doi=10.2307/1555723|issn=0018-2745|jstor=1555723}}</ref> while still allowing the [[Communist party|Communist Party]] to continue governing.

Socialism with a human face was vital in initiating the [[Prague Spring]], a period of national democratization and economic decentralization. It was, however, rolled back by the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia]] on August 21, 1968.