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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