Perestroika and the Party : national and transnational perspectives on European communist parties in the era of Soviet reform /: national and transnational perspectives on European communist parties in the era of Soviet reform. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Francesco Di Palma.
• Editors: Di Palma, Francesco
• 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (342 pages)
• Subjects: 324.2/17509409048; Communism -- Europe -- History -- 20th century; Communist parties -- Europe -- History -- 20th century; Perestroĭka -- History; Glasnost -- History; Communism; Communist parties; Glasnost; Perestroĭka; Politics and government; Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991; Communist countries -- Politics and government; Europe, Western -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Communist countries; Europe; Western Europe; Soviet Union; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1789200210; 9781789200218
• Related ISBNs: 9781789200201
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.