ABSTRACT
The social sciences have an extremely important role to play in developing constructive recommendations for the consistent application of the principles of social justice. The concept “social justice” in socialist society refers both to social achievements as well as to those social tasks that remain to be accomplished in order to bring the entire system of societal relations into line with the norms and principles of socialism. The principles of social justice are realized in a broad system of social guarantees by the socialist state, among which are the guarantee of work for all citizens capable of working, access to education, culture, medical care, and housing, and concern for the aged, mothers, and children. The retail price rises for “nonbasic goods” were an element in the redistributive policy of the’70s and early’80s; the social consequences of this price rise, however, were very ambiguous.
