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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... particularly the communist parties . In Italy alone membership of the Communist Party ( PCI ) soared to over 2 million , and with successive electoral gains - which brought its share of the vote up from 19 per cent in 1946 to 34.4 per ...
... particularly the communist parties . In Italy alone membership of the Communist Party ( PCI ) soared to over 2 million , and with successive electoral gains - which brought its share of the vote up from 19 per cent in 1946 to 34.4 per ...
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... particularly aroused in 1976 when the Italian Communist Party , the pioneer of Eurocommunism , captured 34.4 per cent of the vote and seemed to be on the brink of taking office . The Spanish and Portuguese communist parties were also ...
... particularly aroused in 1976 when the Italian Communist Party , the pioneer of Eurocommunism , captured 34.4 per cent of the vote and seemed to be on the brink of taking office . The Spanish and Portuguese communist parties were also ...
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... particularly those of sustaining morale and of getting people to demand more of themselves . Significantly , Gramsci ( 1971 : 125-6 ) also recognised this and referred specifically to Sorel in developing his theory of the Party a theory ...
... particularly those of sustaining morale and of getting people to demand more of themselves . Significantly , Gramsci ( 1971 : 125-6 ) also recognised this and referred specifically to Sorel in developing his theory of the Party a theory ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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