The French and Italian Communist Parties: Comrades and Culture

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 10
Foreword......Page 11
Series Editor’s Preface......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 15
Abbreviations......Page 17
Introduction......Page 18
1 The French and Italian Communist Parties: A Critical Review of the Literature......Page 22
The PCF as a primarily national, societal force......Page 23
The PCI as a primarily national, societal force......Page 32
The PCF as a primarily international phenomenon: Annie Kriegel and her disciples......Page 37
The PCI as a primarily international phenomenon: a recent challenge to the hegemonic, national/societal view......Page 42
CONTRASTING THE TWO PARTIES: THE COMPARATIVE LITERATURE ON THE PCF AND THE PCI......Page 46
NOTES......Page 48
2 Designing the Study: A Comparative Framework Based on Two Municipal Case Studies of the PCF and the PCI......Page 54
THE COMPARATIVE METHOD IN POLITICAL SCIENCE: ADVANTAGES AND POTENTIAL SHORTCOMINGS......Page 55
THE CASE-STUDY METHOD: PITFALLS AND ADVANTAGES......Page 60
DESIGNING A ‘FOCUSED COMPARISON’ BASED ON  TWO CASE STUDIES: THE CULTURAL POLICIES OF THE PCF AND THE PCI IN IVRY-SUR-SEINE…......Page 62
NOTES......Page 64
FRANCE AND ITALY: TWO HIGHLY CENTRALISED STATES?......Page 67
Mayors as ‘policy brokers’......Page 69
The autonomy of cultural policy-makers at the local level in France and Italy......Page 71
NOTES......Page 74
4 The Cultural Policies of the French and Italian Communist Parties: A Comparative, Strategic Framework......Page 76
The concept of culture: a working definition......Page 77
The French and Italian Communist Parties and the concepts of culture and cultural policy: an historical overview......Page 78
Cultural policy as a clientelistic tool......Page 85
Cultural policy and ‘image-making’......Page 95
Cultural policy and hegemony......Page 96
Communist parties as producers of symbols......Page 99
CONCLUSION......Page 101
NOTES......Page 102
Ivry-sur-Seine: historical and socio-economic background......Page 106
‘Ivry-la-Rouge’ (Red Ivry): the showcase of French municipal communism......Page 108
CULTURAL POLICY-MAKING, CONTROL AND POLITICAL ORTHODOXY IN IVRY......Page 110
THE LOCAL COMMUNIST NEWSLETTER, IVRY-MA-VILLE......Page 114
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN IVRY-SUR-SEINE......Page 120
ARTISTIC EDUCATION IN IVRY: THE EXAMPLES OF MUSIC AND DRAMA......Page 123
The creation of the Theatre des Quartiers d’Ivry in the 1970s: the political and cultural context......Page 125
The work of Vitez and of the TQI: a success story?......Page 126
Antoine Vitez, the Party and the question of censorship......Page 130
CINEMA IN IVRY: FROM INDOCTRINATION TO THE PROMOTION OF FRENCH CULTURE......Page 133
ARTS SUBSIDIES IN IVRY SINCE 1972: THE TRIUMPH OF ART MONUMENTAL......Page 135
CONCLUSION......Page 137
NOTES......Page 138
Reggio Emilia: historical and socio-economic background......Page 142
‘Reggio la Rossa’ (Red Reggio): key local protagonists between 1960 and 1980......Page 143
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN REGGIO......Page 147
THE MUNICIPAL THEATRE IN REGGIO FROM 1957 TO THE LATE 1970S: AVANT-GARDE OR TRADITION?......Page 151
An example of avant-garde, experimental drama in Reggio: The Living Theatre......Page 153
Targeting a wide audience: ‘conventional’ drama in Reggio......Page 155
Ballet and opera in Reggio......Page 158
THE INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF THE RESISTANCE (ISTORECO)......Page 160
THE BANFI INSTITUTE IN REGGIO......Page 165
THE STRENGTHENING OF COMMUNIST IDENTITY IN RURAL EMILIA-ROMAGNA: THE CERVI MUSEUM NEAR REGGIO......Page 171
CONCLUSION......Page 176
NOTES......Page 177
CONTRASTING THE PCF AND THE PCI: ‘THE UNBEARABLE HEAVINESS OF NATIONAL REALITIES’?......Page 181
EXPLAINING THE ORIGINS OF THE CONTRAST: SOME CRUCIAL INTERNATIONAL FACTORS......Page 187
CONCLUSION......Page 192
NOTES......Page 193
Conclusion......Page 196
NOTES......Page 198
References......Page 200
COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF WESTERN COMMUNIST PARTIES, INCLUDING THE PCF AND THE PCI......Page 210
METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES (COMPARATIVE POLITICS AND CASE STUDIES)......Page 211
General and Historical Studies......Page 212
French Communism at the Local Level......Page 214
The PCF, Culture and Intellectuals......Page 215
General and Historical Studies......Page 216
Italian Communism at the Local Level......Page 218
Materials published by the municipality of Reggio Emilia......Page 219
Index......Page 220