Communism in Italy and France / / ed. by Sidney Tarrow, Donald L.M. Blackmer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• MitwirkendeR: Blackmer, Donald L. M.,; Blackmer, Donald L. Μ.,; Kriegel, Annie,; Lacorne, Denis,; Lange, Peter,; Lavau, Georges,; Milch, Jerome,; Putnam, Robert D.,; Ross, George,; Stern, Alan,; Tarrow, Sidney,; Tiersky, Ronald,; Weitz, Peter R.,
• HerausgeberIn: Blackmer, Donald L.M.,; Tarrow, Sidney,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1976
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1405
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (672 p.)

The contributors to this volume address themselves to the growth, behavior, and prospects of the two largest Communist parties in Western Europe. The book deals in particular with the adaptation of the French and Italian Communist parties to the secular changes in their advanced societies. It emphasizes the different attempts made by each party's leaders to participate actively and fruitfully in parliamentary political systems.Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One. Change and Continuity -- I. Continuity and Change in Postwar Italian Communism -- II. The French Communist Party and the Fifth Republic -- Ill. The PCF, the State, and the Revolution: An Analysis of Party Policies, Communications, and Popular Culture -- Part Two. The Communist Politician -- IV. Party Activists in Public Office: Comparisons at the Local Level in Italy and France -- V. The Italian Communist Politician -- Part Three. Communist Parties in Local Politics -- VI. Political Legitimacy in Local Politics: The Communist Party in Northeastern Italy -- VII. The PCI at the Local Level: A Study of Strategic Performance -- VIII. Left-Wing Unity at the Grass Roots: Picardy and Languedoc -- IX. The PCF and Local Government: Continuity and Change -- Part Four. Alliance Strategies -- X. The PCI's Alliance Strategy and the Case of the Middle Classes -- XI. Alliance Politics and Revolutionary Pretensions -- XII. Mass-Level Response to Party Strategy: The Italian Electorate and the Communist Party -- XIII. Party and Mass Organization: The Changing Relationship of PCF and CGT -- XIV. The CGIL and the PCI: From Subordination to Independent Political Force -- Part Five. Comparisons and Conclusions -- XV. Communism in Italy and France: J Adaptation and Change -- List of Contributors -- Index