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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... regional government elections and manning its newly won offices . The long - awaited establishment of regional government ( 1970 ) opened up a vast new avenue for party patronage . Party bureaucrats and administrators were needed ...
... regional government elections and manning its newly won offices . The long - awaited establishment of regional government ( 1970 ) opened up a vast new avenue for party patronage . Party bureaucrats and administrators were needed ...
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... regional governments in the early 1970s , many young PCI functionaries were rapidly promoted to new administrative posts or drawn into the Party apparatus to replace those who had taken up elected posts . Members of this new age group ...
... regional governments in the early 1970s , many young PCI functionaries were rapidly promoted to new administrative posts or drawn into the Party apparatus to replace those who had taken up elected posts . Members of this new age group ...
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... regional government , a leading regional govern- ment officer , the former president of the Perugian provincial government and the secretary of the PCI Perugian federation . Most of these officers were also current or former PCI Central ...
... regional government , a leading regional govern- ment officer , the former president of the Perugian provincial government and the secretary of the PCI Perugian federation . Most of these officers were also current or former PCI Central ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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