1st Edition
The Decline Of The World Communist Movement Moscow, Beijing, And Communist Parties In The West
By Heinz Timmermann
Copyright 1987
275 Pages
by
Routledge
275 Pages
by
Routledge
275 Pages
by
Routledge
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International Communism today is split on a number of ideological and political issues and is incapable of the kind of unified action implied by the term “movement.†So argues Heinz Timmermann in this assessment of the current state of world Communism. Dr. Timmermann discusses the historical concept of a world Communist movement in connection with the USSR and China. Focusing on Communism in the... Read more
Foreword -- Introduction -- From Comintern to Cominform -- Differentiation and Pluralization Under Khrushchev -- Decay in the Brezhnev Era -- Gorbachev’s Strategy -- Modifications to Democratic Centralism -- The Chinese Communist Party -- Introduction -- The Italian Communist Party -- The French Communist Party -- The Spanish Communist Party -- The Finnish Communist Party -- The Portuguese Communist Party -- The Communist Party of Cyprus -- The Chilean Communist Party -- The Japanese Communist Party -- Chronology of Communist Events -- Strengths of Communist Parties
Biography
Dr. Heinz Timmermann has been on the staff of the Federal Institute for East European and International Studies in Cologne since 1969.
