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"This is an analysis of the impact of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union on the communist parties of Western Europe. Seven case-studies, covering the Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Belgian, British and German parties, provide a comparative perspective. The conclusion assesses the range of responses to the dramatic events of 1989-91 and the likely future direction of the west-European communist movement. It is argued that, whilst it is no longer possible to talk of a coherent ""family"" of communist parties, various individual parties - some of them in revised form - may continue to prosper."

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Author:   Martin J. Bull ,  Paul M. Heywood
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.455kg
ISBN:  

9780333579343

ISBN 10:   0333579348
Pages:   233
Publication Date:   31 October 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Tables - List of Abbreviations - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Of Chance, and Death, and Mutability; P.Heywood - Voluntary Euthanasia: From the Italian Communist Party to the Democratic Party of the Left; P.Daniels & M.J.Bull - The French Communist Party and the End of Communism; P.Morris - The Spanish Left: Towards a 'Common Home'?; P.Heywood - The Portuguese Communist Party: Perestroika and its Aftermath; M.T.Patricio & A.D.Stoleroff - The Decline and Fall of the Communist Party of Belgium; P.Delwit & J-M.de Waele - The British Road is Resurfaced for New Times: From the British Communist Party to the Democratic Left; N.Fishman - German Communism, the PDS and the Re-unification of Germany; G.Minnerup - The West European Communist Movement: Past, Present and Future; M.J.Bull - Index

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