Perestroika is catching : the Italian Communist Party elects a new leader

Bull, MJ

Abstract

This article analyses the election in 1988 of Achille Occhetto to the leadership of the Italian Communist Party and the implications of this event for unprecedented reform (in a liberal direction) of the party and for Italian politics more generally

Citation

Bull, M. (1989). Perestroika is catching : the Italian Communist Party elects a new leader. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 5(1), 79-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523278908414956

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 1989
• Deposit Date: Jan 6, 2012
• Journal: Journal of Communist Studies
• Print ISSN: 1352-3279
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 79-83
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13523278908414956
• Keywords: Italian Communist Party; political change; Italian politics
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13523278908414956