European Communism since 1989: Towards a New European Left?

by K. Hudson

Overview

West European social democracy has started to face growing electoral challenge from a new European left--regaining and expanding a political space occupied previously by communist parties. This book argues that no analysis of the pattern of European politics into the new millennium can be complete without taking this developing force into account. It charts the re-emergence and transformation of communist and former communist parties in Europe since 1989.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349415984
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/24/2000
Edition description:	1st ed. 2000
Pages:	245
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Kate Hudson is Principal Lecturer in Russian and East European Politics at South Bank University, London.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Long Evolution of the European Left * Introduction: 1989-99: Crisis, Splits, Renewal, and Revival * The European Left before 1989: Washington, Moscow, and Brussels * Eastern Europe: The Road to 1989 * Russia: An Undecided Outcome--with Redmond O'Neill * Part II: The Recomposition of the West European Left since 1989 * Introduction * France * Italy * Spain * Germany * Part III: Postcommunists in Power and Eastern Europe * Introduction * Bulgaria * Romania * Hungary * Poland
Part I: The Long Evolution of the European Left * Introduction: 1989-99: Crisis, Splits, Renewal, and Revival * The European Left before 1989: Washington, Moscow, and Brussels * Eastern Europe: The Road to 1989 * Russia: An Undecided Outcome--with Redmond O'Neill * Part II: The Recomposition of the West European Left since 1989 * Introduction * France * Italy * Spain * Germany * Part III: Postcommunists in Power and Eastern Europe * Introduction * Bulgaria * Romania * Hungary * Poland