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The View from Inside: A French Communist Cell in Crisis

Jane Jenson, George Ross

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West European Communism and American Foreign Policy

Michael Ledeen

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West European Communist Parties After the Revolutions of 1989

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The collapse of the communist regimes following the dramatic events of 1989-91 astonished the entire world. For many in the west, the 'triumph' of market capitalism was seen as finally ringing the death-knell for the communist movement. West European communist parties, many of which had harboured ambitions of winning significant political influence in the mid-1970s when 'Eurocommunism' was at its height, now found themselves faced with having to respond to a crisis which threatened the very logic of their existence. For some, the only rational response was simply to abandon communism. Others sought to adapt to the new circumstances, whilst a few sought to ignore them altogether. The chapters in this volume analyse the differing reactions of communist parties in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Britain and Germany to the challenges posed by the disintegration of the communist empire. Whilst it is no longer possible to talk of a coherent communist 'family' in western Europe. It may be too soon to write communism's obituary.

Western European Communists and the Collapse of Communism

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This book examines the predicament of Western Communist Parties faced with the impact of reforms in the Soviet Union initiated by Gorbachev, the collapse of the Eastern bloc and the end of 'really existing socialism' in the USS in the USSR in the early 1990s.

Europe's Red Terrorists: The Fighting Communist Organizations

Y. Alexander

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This unique volume explores Europe's most dangerous communist terrorist organizations and reveals how they use violence as a means of political communication and persuasion. It outlines seven terrorist groups from Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Belgium, Italy and Turkey and gives their modus operandi, rationale and political messages in translated communiqués never before available in English.

Gramsci and Contemporary Politics: Beyond Pessimism of the Intellect (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory, 4)

Anne Sh Sassoon

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Can politics now be both radical and realistic? This book is a collection of Anne Showstack Sassoon's writing which spans the major transitions from Thatcher and Reagan to Clinton and Blair; the collapse of communism to the regeneration of social democracy. Looking at the role of intellectuals in rethinking politics, she argues that drawing from the past, and broadening contemporary sources of political and academic knowledge can contribute to a grounded, radical hegemonic politics which can shape change.

Applying original interpretations of Antonio Gramsci's ideas on intellectuals, political language, civil society and political leadership, Anne Showstack Sassoon goes well beyond his framework to examine key contemporary political issues including citizenship, modernising the welfare state, and the relationship between parents and teachers. Informed by feminist debates, and reflecting on womens changing socio-economic roles, she argues that in periods of rapid change, we should see that the inconsistencies and contradictions of social change can produce valuable theoretical, and practical, insights.

Engaging with radical claims of centre-left politics, this book brings together theoretical discussion with empirical and personal examples to suggest how to negotiate difficult the line between wishful thinking and weary fatalism in order to create the basis for widespread consent for political and social reforms. Gramsci and Contemporary Politics is aimed at graduate students of politics, political theory, gender studies and sociology.

Italian Communism: The Escape from Leninism : An Anthropological Perspective

Cris Shore

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Italian Communism: The Road to Legitimacy and Autonomy

John A. Baker

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Throughout the Cold War era, many Americans were puzzled that communism could thrive in Italy, a NATO ally with close cultural and social ties to the United States. In this study of Italian Communism and the Italian Communist Party, from its part in the Resistance during World War II to its role in Italy in the eighties, John Baker explains how Italian Communism differs from communism in other nations and why it has flourished in Italy.

Dr. Baker concentrates on the Italian Communist Party's dilemma regarding its relationship with the Soviet Union. Since World War II, Italian Communists have sought to participate in governing Italy. As long as the Party was associated with the aspirations of the Soviet Union, however, it was suspect in the eyes of the Italian electorate and Italy's allies. Thus, to gain influence in Italian politics, the Party was forced to "deradicalize," that is, to disclaim endorsement of nondemocratic methods and to distance itself from Soviet foreign policy. Dr. Baker traces this gradual and successful process of deradicalization.

Overtures by Mikhail Gorbachev toward the Italian Communists reflected a Soviet acknowledgment of the matured posture of the Italian Communist Party. In the context of a half-century of political turmoil in Europe, this study illuminates the evolution of one of the West's oldest and strongest communist movements.

The Legacies of Communism in Eastern Europe

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Written in 1995, shortly after the Cold War's end, the book has essays by distinguished analysts, several from Eastern Europe, looking at the aftermath. One topic was the environmental legacy of Soviet rule. Something largely unappreciated even by critics in western Europe during the Cold War. The article describes how the large scale industrialisation was often accompanied by little or no environmental monitoring. Because the state (ie. the various countries) owned the means of production, it had no checks on itself for environmental degradation.

One section of the text has studies on specific countries. A very quick synopsis of the challenges facing each, as they now had to face a global consumerist economy. Where the latter was heading rapidly into computerisation. While the eastern European countries invariably lagged badly in this field.

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The political scientists Zoltan Barany and Ivan Volgyes bring together a distinguished group of contributors to examine the legacies of communism in Eastern Europe. The authors identify what is distinctive and lasting about the influence of the Communist period and the extent to which this Communist experience may have left unsolvable problems. The volume pays special attention to the impact of the Communist legacies on four areas: politics, society, the economy, and the environment.

Contributors are Zoltan Barany, Ivan Volgyes, Thomas A. Baylis, Elez Biberaj, Jane L. Curry, Barbara Jancar-Webster, Andrzej Korbonski, Bennett Kovrig, Daniel N. Nelson, Robin Alison Remington, Luan Troxel, and Sharon L. Wolchik.

Moscow and the Italian Communist Party: From Togliatti to Berlinguer

Joan Barth Urban

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