1st Edition
Italy, Europe, The Left The Transformation of Italian Communism and the European Imperative
By Vassilis Fouskas
Copyright 1998
269 Pages
by
Routledge
269 Pages
by
Routledge
269 Pages
by
Routledge
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Published in 1998. Was the Italian Communist Party (PCI) a typical Social Democratic party in tune with the programmatic principles of the Second International? What is the appropriate context within which the strategies of 'historic compromise' and Eurocommunism in the 1970s can be analyzed and understood? In what form and to what extent has the process of European integration and the crisis of... Read more
Part 1: Roads to Modernity: The Post-War Strategy of the PCI 1943-1980 1. Modernization or Populist Insurrection? Consensus Pattern of Reconstruction, 1943-1950 2. Roads to Modernity, 1950-1980: Rapid Development, Social Mobility, Crisis and Compromise Part 2: Polity Crisis, The European Imperative and the Transformation of Italian Communism 1980-1992 3. The Crisis of Keynesianism and its Impact on PCI Strategy, 1980-1987 4. New Revisionism and Alternative Discourses of Transformation 5. Governing the Party Crisis (1): The Retreat of New Revisionism in the 19th Congress (March 1990) 6. Governing the Party Crisis (2): Internal Realignments and Ambiguous Identities 7. New Revisionism vs. Communist Refoundation: Once Again on the Questione Salariale 8. A Tentative Conclusion.
Biography
Vassilis Fouskas
’...invaluable to anyone wishing to understand the vicissitudes of the Italian Communist Party in face of transformations of the modern world and the collapse of Communism.’ Professor Donald Sassoon, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, UK ’In an attempt to retrace the crisis and transformation of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) into the Democratic party of the left, this essay sets it into the social, economic and especially political context - the crisis of the Italian political system - at the time, rejecting simplistic explanations.’ The International Spectator ’This is a stimulating contribution to the debate on the PCI/PDS...’ Political Studies ’...well-argued, well-researched and copiously footnoted.’ The Voice of the Turtle ’The author has used an impressive range of primary sources...’ South European Society & Politics
