Western Communist parties suffered a long and deep decline that provoked a wave of party adaptation and transformation in the 1980s and 1990s. After these changes the various parties followed very different trajectories. Some parties abandonned the Communist ideology and transformed themselves into Socialdemocratic, Green or non-Communist Left-wing parties. Others adapted their ideology and organization but remained within the Communist tradition. This book approaches the evolution of this party family and analyses the different models of party change adopted, the diverses strategies chosen and the eventual outcomes of these decisions.
Preface: The Crisis of Communism and Party Change
págs. 9-12
págs. 13-32
After PCI: Post-Communist and Neo-Communist Parties of the Italian Left After 1989
págs. 33-52
From Red to Green: the Evolution of Catalan Communism
págs. 53-67
Electoral Incentives and Organisational Limits: the Evolution of the Communist Party of Spain and the United Left
págs. 69-96
"Mais Portugal! mais CDU!"... mais PCP?: the Portuguese Communist Party at the Turn of the 21st Century
págs. 97-127
A Painful Moulting: the "Mutation" of the French Communist Party
págs. 129-153
págs. 155-175
The Party of Democratic Socialism in Germany: Post Communists with a New Socialist Identity or as Replacement of Social Democracy
págs. 177-208
"Communists we are no longer, Social Democrats we can never be": the Evolution of the Leftist Parties in Finland and Sweden
págs. 209-236
The Crisis of West European Communist Parties and their Change Trajectories: Communists, Post-Communists, Ex-Communists?
págs. 237-257
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