Title Socialism across the iron curtain : socialist parties in East and West and the reconstruction of Europe after 1945 / Jan De Graaf, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019 ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 320 pages) Series New studies in European history New studies in European history. Contents Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 The National Road to Socialism; The Rise and Fall of the Post-War Coalition; The Provisional Governments; First Electoral Tests; The Endgame; From the Nineteenth Century to the Second World War; Founding Divisions; Revolution and Schism; Facing Fascism; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Bread, Butter, and Egalitarianism; The Supply Side; The Dark Side; The Other Side; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Discipline, Sacrifice, and Production Discipline and SacrificeThe Battle for Production; Conclusion; Chapter 4 The Moral of the Story; The Reckoning; Reorienting the Disoriented; The Morals of Labour; Conclusion; Chapter 5 The Lessons of the Past; Unity and Disunity; Internal Soul-Searching; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Elections, Parliaments, and Constitutions; Elections; Parliaments; Constitutions; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Democracy from Below; Confronting the Council Movement; Socialising Socialism; Conclusion; Chapter 8 The International Road to Socialism; Getting Acquainted; Building a Movement; Drifting Apart; Towards the Split ConclusionConclusion; Bibliography; A Unpublished Documents; The Czech Republic; France; Italy; The Netherlands; Poland; United Kingdom; B Published Documents; C Newspapers and Periodicals; D Online Resources; E Literature; Index Summary "This innovative pan-European history of post-war socialism challenges the East-West paradigm that still dominates accounts of post-war Europe. Jan De Graaf offers a comparative study of the ways in which the French, Italian and Polish Socialist Parties and the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party dealt with the problems of socio-economic and political reconstruction. Drawing on archival documents in seven languages, De Graaf reveals the profound divide which existed in all four countries between socialist elites and their grassroots as workers reacted hostilely to calls for industrial discipline and for further sacrifices towards the reconstruction effort. He also provides a fresh interpretation of the political weaknesses of socialist parties in post-war continental Europe by stressing the importance of political history and social structure. By placing the attitudes of the continental socialist parties in their proper socio-historical context he highlights the many similarities across and divergences within the two putative blocs"-- Provided by publisher "This book could not have been realised without the generous support of various research institutes and funding organisations. First and foremost, I want to thank the Centre for International and European Studies Research at the University of Portsmouth for providing me with a three-year PhD fellowship in 2011. I am also grateful to the German Historical Institute in Warsaw, the Society for the Study of French History, and the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies for making possible archival sojourns in Poland, France, and the Czech Republic respectively. On a more general level, I would like to express my gratitude to all the staff in the various archives that I visited and to Michael Watson and Elizabeth Friend-Smith at Cambridge University Press"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Socialism -- Europe -- History -- 20th century Socialist parties -- Europe -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Europe -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism. Politics and government Socialism Socialist parties SUBJECT Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90005818 Europe, Western -- Politics and government -- 20th century Subject Europe Eastern Europe Western Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108622783 110862278X

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