The end of the cold war and the fall of the Soviet empire have
had major consequences for Italian politics. Leonard Weinberg
explores some of those consequences, focusing on the transformation
of the Italian Communist party from a Leninist to a democratic
party. He also discusses the relationship between the end of
communism and the unfolding of the entire Italian system.
"The Transformation of Italian Communism "has two objectives.
First, it calls the reader's attention to the role of international
developments, an important but largely overlooked area involved in
the study of European party politics. Traditional texts in this
area emphasize domestic factors, but Weinberg focuses on the
influence of international developments on domestic party politics
in Italy. The implications for other nations are transparent.
The second objective of this work is to examine how Italy's
Communist party, the largest such party of its kind in the Western
world, reacted to the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. Weinberg
analyzes the meaning of these events for long-tune party members in
Italy'as well as for Italian political and cultural life. "The
Transformation of Italian Communism "offers an original, intimate,
and unique assessment of how the end of the cold war has affected
Italian political culture. It will be a valuable addition to those
interested in the convulsions taking place in modem Italy, as well
as to political scientists and theorists of political culture.
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