1st Edition

Radical Left Parties in Europe

By Luke March Copyright 2011
274 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

What has happened to the European radical left after the collapse of the USSR? How has it reacted, reformed, even revived? This new volume is one of the first to provide an overview of the main developments in contemporary European radical left parties (those defining themselves as to the left of , and not merely on the left of social democracy), which are now an increasingly visible... Read more

1. Introduction  2. From Communist Crisis to Post-Communist Mutation  3. The West European Communists: Perpetual Crisis?  4. The Fall and (Partial) Rise of the Eastern European Communists  5. Modern Democratic Socialists or Old-Style Social Democrats?  6. Left-Wing Populism: Populist Socialists and Social Populists  7. Transnational Party Organizations: Towards a New International?  8. Parties and the Wider Movement  9. Explaining Electoral Success and Failure with Charlotte Rommerskirchen  10. Conclusion

Biography

Luke March is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include European left parties and post-Soviet politics.