The dissolution of the Italian Communist Party and the identity of the Left: ideology and party organisation
Journal: University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive (University of Birmingham)
Year: 2013

The crisis of the Italian Left has become self-evident in the last years, particularly after the elections in February 2013. The Democratic Party (PD), heir and last stage of the former Italian Communist Party’s (PCI) transformation, has proven to be lacking in many fields: this thesis analyses the deep, historical causes of this inadequacy, examining the itinerary of the Italian Left from the PCI through the identity crisis of the ’80 and its subsequent development into other forms of parties a