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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... united - front strategy , though it was not until 1935 that the notion of a ' popular front ' against Fascism came to fruition . By the end of 1926 the Communist Party in Italy had some 27,000 members , recruited mostly from factory ...
... united - front strategy , though it was not until 1935 that the notion of a ' popular front ' against Fascism came to fruition . By the end of 1926 the Communist Party in Italy had some 27,000 members , recruited mostly from factory ...
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... United States ( Kogan , 1983 : 35 ) .29 The PCI and the Nenni wing of the PSI , both emphatically Marxist parties at that time , had already combined in 1946 to form a ' Pact of Unity ' and to present a joint list of candidates at the ...
... United States ( Kogan , 1983 : 35 ) .29 The PCI and the Nenni wing of the PSI , both emphatically Marxist parties at that time , had already combined in 1946 to form a ' Pact of Unity ' and to present a joint list of candidates at the ...
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... united will of the Communist Party ' , and balances ' democratic participation with the need for leadership and central planning ' . In theory , it admits of no contradiction between democracy and centralisation . Its ' centralism ...
... united will of the Communist Party ' , and balances ' democratic participation with the need for leadership and central planning ' . In theory , it admits of no contradiction between democracy and centralisation . Its ' centralism ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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