Italy, Europe, the Left - The Transformation of Italian Communism and the European Imperative

List of contents

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.

About the author

Vassilis Fouskas

Summary

Published in 1998, this book debates conventional views and examines the extent to which the end of the Cold War has contributed to a redefinition of the Left’s identity in Italy and Europe. The exemplary methodological framework and the wider European perspective adopted throughout, make the book an indispensable reading in the field of Italian and European politics.

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’...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

Product details

• Authors: Fouskas, Vassilis Fouskas, Vassilis (University of East London and E Fouskas, Fouskas Vassilis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138323384
• ISBN: 978-1-138-32338-4
• No. of pages: 253
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Italy, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political science and theory, Marxism & Communism, Political structure and processes, Political parties and party platforms