Title Perestroika and the Party : national and transnational perspectives on European communist parties in the era of Soviet reform / edited by Francesco Di Palma

Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2019 ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (342 pages) Contents Introduction: Perestroika or about the demise of the communist world? / Francesco Di Palma -- The impact of Perestroika and Glasnost on the CPSU's stance toward the "fraternal parties" in the Eastern Bloc / Peter Ruggenthaler -- Soviet society, Perestroika, and the end of the USSR / Mark Kramer -- Perestroika made in Hungary? The HSWP's approach to the Soviet reform of the late-1980s / Tamas Peter Baranyi -- Yugoslavia and Perestroika 1985-1991 : between hope and disappointment / Petar Dragisic -- The Polish United Workers Party and Perestroika / Wanda Jarzabek -- SED and Perestroika : perceptions and reactions / Hermann Wentker -- Between external constraint and internal crackdown : Romania's non-reaction to Soviet Perestroika / Stefano Bottoni -- Parallel destinies : the Italian Communist Party and Perestrojka / Aldo Agosti -- "I felt as if I was faced with a French Honecker" : the French Communist Party confronted with a world that was falling apart (1985-1991) / Dominique Andolfatto -- A dialogue of the deaf : the CPGB and the SED during the Gorbachev era (1985-1990) / Stefan Berger and Norman LaPorte -- Premature Perestroika : the Dutch Communist Party and Gorbachev / Gerrit Voerman -- The Perestroika and the Greek Left / Andreas Stergiou -- The Austrian communists and Perestroika / Maximilian Graf -- The Spanish Communist Party and Perestroika / Walther L. Bernecker -- Afterword: Gorbachev and the end of international communism / Silvio Pons Summary Countless studies have assessed the dramatic reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev, but their analysis of the impact on European communism has focused overwhelmingly on the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc nations. This ambitious collection takes a much broader view, reconstructing and evaluating the historical trajectories of glasnost and perestroika on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Moving beyond domestic politics and foreign relations narrowly defined, the research gathered here constitutes a transnational survey of these reforms' collective impact, showing how they were variably received and implemented, and how they shaped the prospects for "proletarian internationalism" in diverse political contexts Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience "Countless studies have assessed the dramatic reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev, but their analysis of the impact on European communism has focused overwhelmingly on the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc nations. This ambitious collection takes a much broader view, reconstructing and evaluating the historical trajectories of Glasnost and Perestroika on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Moving beyond domestic politics and foreign relations narrowly defined, the research gathered here constitutes a transnational survey of these reforms' collective impact, showing how they were variably received and implemented, and how they shaped the prospects for "proletarian internationalism" in diverse political contexts"--Provided by publisher Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2019) Subject Communism -- Europe -- History -- 20th century Communist parties -- Europe -- History -- 20th century Perestroĭka -- History Glasnost -- History HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century Communism Communist parties Glasnost Perestroĭka Politics and government SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86004555 Communist countries -- Politics and government Europe, Western -- Politics and government -- 20th century Subject Communist countries Europe Western Europe Soviet Union Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Di Palma, Francesco, editor LC no. 2019017272 ISBN 1789200210 9781789200218

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