The Italian Communist Party's twentieth congress and the painful birth of the Democratic Party of the left

Bull, MJ

Abstract

This article analyses the final congress of the largest communist party in the West (the Italian Communist Party), marking its transformation into the non-communist Democratic Party of the Left. The article analyses the transformation process as well as the internal political debate where a section of the party opposed the change, some members leaving to set up a new communist party in Italy.

Citation

Bull, M. (1991). The Italian Communist Party's twentieth congress and the painful birth of the Democratic Party of the left. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 7(2), 257-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523279108415087

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 1991
• Deposit Date: Jan 6, 2012
• Journal: Journal of Communist Studies
• Print ISSN: 1352-3279
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 257-264
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13523279108415087
• Keywords: Italian Communist Party; Democratic Party of the Left; party political change; Italian politics
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13523279108415087