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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... recruitment that a party reproduces itself , and in so doing , symbolically defines itself and its political boundaries . As a prelude to studying the broader theme of commu- nist political socialisation , this chapter focuses on ...
... recruitment that a party reproduces itself , and in so doing , symbolically defines itself and its political boundaries . As a prelude to studying the broader theme of commu- nist political socialisation , this chapter focuses on ...
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... recruitment : whilst there was little drop in the overall numer- ical balance of membership and recruitment , the Party's youth sector ( FGCI ) plummeted from 135,000 members in 1967 to below 67,000 by 1970 ( Penniman , 1977 : 162 ) ...
... recruitment : whilst there was little drop in the overall numer- ical balance of membership and recruitment , the Party's youth sector ( FGCI ) plummeted from 135,000 members in 1967 to below 67,000 by 1970 ( Penniman , 1977 : 162 ) ...
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... recruitment by cells was limited to workers at the workplace . Furthermore , the two models were incompatible in practical terms , for their spheres of recruitment were bound to coincide , and the success of one usually meant the ...
... recruitment by cells was limited to workers at the workplace . Furthermore , the two models were incompatible in practical terms , for their spheres of recruitment were bound to coincide , and the success of one usually meant the ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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