Radical Left Parties in Europe

What has happened to the European radical left after the collapse of the USSR? How has it reacted, reformed, even revived? This new volume is the first to provide an extensive answer. It will focus both on communists and non-communists, and will address their non-parliamentary and international activity through a pan-European perspective. It will be of interest to students and scholars of comparative politics, political parties and radical politics.

Auteur

Luke March is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include European left parties and post-Soviet politics.

Contenu

1. Introduction 2. From Communist Crisis to Post-Communist Mutation 3. The West European Communists: Perpetual Crisis? 4. The Fall and (Partial) Rise of the Eastern European Communists 5. Modern Democratic Socialists or Old-Style Social Democrats? 6. Left-Wing Populism: Populist Socialists and Social Populists 7. Transnational Party Organizations: Towards a New International? 8. Parties and the Wider Movement 9. Explaining Electoral Success and Failure with Charlotte Rommerskirchen
   10. Conclusion