West European Communist Parties after the Revolutions of 1989

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxv

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2. Voluntary Euthanasia: From the Italian Communist Party to the Democratic Party of the Left

   • Philip Daniels, Martin J. Bull

   Pages 1-30

3. The French Communist Party and the End of Communism

   • Peter Morris

   Pages 31-55

4. The Spanish Left: Towards a ‘Common Home’?

   • Paul Heywood

   Pages 56-89

5. The Portuguese Communist Party: Perestroika and its Aftermath

   • Maria Teresa Patrício, Alan David Stoleroff

   Pages 90-118

6. The Decline and Fall of the Communist Party of Belgium

   • Pascal Delwit, Jean-Michel de Waele

   Pages 119-144

7. The British Road is Resurfaced for New Times: From the British Communist Party to the Democratic Left

   • Nina Fishman

   Pages 145-177

8. German Communism, the PDS, and the Reunification of Germany

   • Günter Minnerup

   Pages 178-202

9. The West European Communist Movement: Past, Present and Future

   • Martin J. Bull

   Pages 203-222

10. Back Matter

    Pages 223-233

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This book analyses the impact of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union on the Communist Parties of Western Europe. Seven case-studies, covering the Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Belgian, British and German parties, provide a tightly-argued comparative perspective. The conclusion assesses the range of responses to the dramatic events of 1989-91 and likely future direction of the west European communist movement. It is argued that, whilst it is no longer possible to talk of a coherent 'family' of communist parties, various individual parties - some of them in revised form - may continue to prosper.

• communism
• Europe
• revolution
• Soviet Union
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

• University of Salford, UK

  Martin J. Bull

• University of Glasgow, UK

  Paul Heywood

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