The Rise and Fall of Communist Parties in France and Italy

This book analyzes the dynamics through which the two major communist parties of the capitalist worldwhich in the 1970s had great influence on their respective national political contexts since the 1980s are increasing their marginality and, although in different forms and with different timeframes are unable to stem the decline of their political and cultural influences on the working classes.

Utilizes and analyzes material from the French and Italian Communist Parties Archives Offers an entangled analysis approach to the history of French and Italian communism Places the history of French and Italian communism within the the larger context of the rise and decline of Eurocommunism

Auteur

Marco Di Maggio is Assistant Professor in Contemporary History at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. He focuses his studies on the history of political cultures and political movements in Western Europe. Among his publications are Les intellectuels et la stratégie communiste. Une crise d'hégémonie (1958-1981), (2013), Alla ricerca della Terza Via al Socialismo. I Pc italiano e francese nella crisi del comunismo (1964-1984) (2014) (ed.) Sfumature di Rosso. La Rivoluzione Russa nella politica italiana del Novecento (2017).

Contenu

1. Western Communist Parties and the Crisis of International Communist movement.- 2. New Social Conflicts and the Crisis of Internationalism.- 3. The Arc of Eurocommunism and the Crisis of Communism in France.- 4. The Cultural Disintegration and End of Italian Communism.