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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Page 115
... leadership had always been notoriously rigid , as evidenced , for example , in the expulsion of the Manifesto group from the Party in 1969 for contravening these norms . Once again problems of conflict and cohesion were resurfacing ...
... leadership had always been notoriously rigid , as evidenced , for example , in the expulsion of the Manifesto group from the Party in 1969 for contravening these norms . Once again problems of conflict and cohesion were resurfacing ...
Page 135
... leadership and base ? Evidence from the section and provincial - level congresses suggests their interests are not the same . At the level of the Party base and in the local congresses , the key issues were Soviet communism and ...
... leadership and base ? Evidence from the section and provincial - level congresses suggests their interests are not the same . At the level of the Party base and in the local congresses , the key issues were Soviet communism and ...
Page 136
... leadership in oratory and political skill , its general monopoly over the terms in which Party policy is debated and its specific control over the political agenda . The leadership's command over intellectual resources , particularly ...
... leadership in oratory and political skill , its general monopoly over the terms in which Party policy is debated and its specific control over the political agenda . The leadership's command over intellectual resources , particularly ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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