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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... successful . The ' success ' of the PCI is , of course , a relative term for it has not held government office since 1947 , nor does it look likely to at present , given the Party's current difficulties and the continuing refusal by the ...
... successful . The ' success ' of the PCI is , of course , a relative term for it has not held government office since 1947 , nor does it look likely to at present , given the Party's current difficulties and the continuing refusal by the ...
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... Success of the PCI Against this background of European communist parties in decline and disarray the PCI - virtually alone among the old parties of the Third International has survived intact . But how have the Italian communists ...
... Success of the PCI Against this background of European communist parties in decline and disarray the PCI - virtually alone among the old parties of the Third International has survived intact . But how have the Italian communists ...
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... success and the leadership of a realigned Italian Left . Its avowed objective is to break the pattern of post - war politics that has enabled successive Christian Democrat- led governments to dominate state and society in Italy for over ...
... success and the leadership of a realigned Italian Left . Its avowed objective is to break the pattern of post - war politics that has enabled successive Christian Democrat- led governments to dominate state and society in Italy for over ...
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The PCIs Approach to Power Society State | 23 |
Construction of Communist Identity in Italy | 52 |
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