Italian Communism: The Escape from Leninism : an Anthropological PerspectivePluto Press, 1990 - 246 pages Crispen Shore's work is based on research in the heart of the Communist-governed city of Perugia. He traces major factors which explain the success of the PCI - its disengagement from the Soviet Union, its break with the strictures of Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy, its development of an independent popular national vision of socialism and the expansive sub-cultural role it has created for itself within Italian society. |
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... Congress in Florence in April 1987. Significantly , this was the first time that a congress had been called before the normal four - year interval had elapsed . The congress , which re - elected Natta as general - secretary and Achille ...
... Congress in Florence in April 1987. Significantly , this was the first time that a congress had been called before the normal four - year interval had elapsed . The congress , which re - elected Natta as general - secretary and Achille ...
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... congress four weeks later , there were still only a handful of members who had read the Central Committee document ; probably no more than ten out of a membership of 150 was the secretary's estimate . The Section Congresses of 1983 ...
... congress four weeks later , there were still only a handful of members who had read the Central Committee document ; probably no more than ten out of a membership of 150 was the secretary's estimate . The Section Congresses of 1983 ...
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... Congress in March 1983 . 22. Cf. the comments of the former national secretary of the FGCI , Marco Fumagalli ( Chapter 1 ) . 23. Significantly , the ' instructions ' for congress procedure emphasise that one of the primary aims when ...
... Congress in March 1983 . 22. Cf. the comments of the former national secretary of the FGCI , Marco Fumagalli ( Chapter 1 ) . 23. Significantly , the ' instructions ' for congress procedure emphasise that one of the primary aims when ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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