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Book SynopsisThe 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 l
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Preface to the Paperback Edition, pg. ix*Contents, pg. xv*List of Abbreviations, pg. xvii*Introduction, pg. 1*I. Continuity and Change in Postwar Italian Communism, pg. 21*II. The French Communist Party and the Fifth Republic, pg. 69*Ill. The PCF, the State, and the Revolution: An Analysis of Party Policies, Communications, and Popular Culture, pg. 87*IV. Party Activists in Public Office: Comparisons at the Local Level in Italy and France, pg. 143*V. The Italian Communist Politician, pg. 173*VI. Political Legitimacy in Local Politics: The Communist Party in Northeastern Italy, pg. 221*VII. The PCI at the Local Level: A Study of Strategic Performance, pg. 259*VIII. Left-Wing Unity at the Grass Roots: Picardy and Languedoc, pg. 305*IX. The PCF and Local Government: Continuity and Change, pg. 340*X. The PCI's Alliance Strategy and the Case of the Middle Classes, pg. 373*XI. Alliance Politics and Revolutionary Pretensions, pg. 420*XII. Mass-Level Response to Party Strategy: The Italian Electorate and the Communist Party, pg. 456*XIII. Party and Mass Organization: The Changing Relationship of PCF and CGT, pg. 504*XIV. The CGIL and the PCI: From Subordination to Independent Political Force, pg. 541*XV. Communism in Italy and France: J Adaptation and Change, pg. 575*List of Contributors, pg. 641*Index, pg. 643
