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  Title

  The left in history : revolution and reform in twentieth-century politics

  Author

  Thompson, Willie.  

  Publisher:

  Pluto Press,

  Pub date:

  1997.

  Pages:

  1 online resource (vi, 263 pages)

  ISBN:

  0585372772

  Copy info:

  1 copy for Website.
  

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  The left in history : revolution and reform in twentieth-century politics
  Thompson, Willie.
  

  Personal Author:

  Thompson, Willie.

  Title:

  The left in history : revolution and reform in twentieth-century politics / Willie Thompson.

  Publication info:

  London ; Chicago, Ill. : Pluto Press, 1997.

  Physical descrip:

  1 online resource (vi, 263 pages)

  Content Type:

  text

  Media Type:

  computer

  Carrier type:

  online resource

  Technical details:

  Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL

  Contents:

  Mainstreams -- The Matrix -- Leninism and Stalinism -- Actually Existing Socialism -- The Fragments -- Social Democracy -- Alternatives -- Trotskyism, Maoism, Eurocommunism -- New Left, New Social Forces.

  Access restriction:

  Available to purchase by Evidence Based Acquisition.

  Subject:

  "The political tradition loosely termed 'the left' has been brought to crisis point as the twentieth century draws to a close. This cohesive and wide-ranging study charts the history of the left, from its origins in the French Revolution to the present crisis." "Willie Thompson focuses on the principal currents, including the rise and fall of Bolshevism, Leninism and Stalinism; the embrace and subsequent abandonment of Marxist rhetoric by former Soviet allies in the Third World; European social democracy; and 'actually existing socialism' in states such as China and Cuba. The impact of 'alternatives' to the mainstream - Trotskyism, Maoism and Eurocommunism - is assessed, and the potential for the New Left and postwar social forces such as feminism, environmentalism and 'identity' politics to facilitate renewal is evaluated. Thompson concludes that if the left is to play any part in addressing the unfinished agenda of the post-1900s, then it must develop a clear understanding of the historical lessons that follow from its earlier embodiments." "Willie Thompson is Senior Lecturer in History at Glasgow Caledonian University."--Jacket

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  Subject term:

  Right and left (Political science)

  Subject term:

  World politics--20th century.

  Subject term:

  Socialism.

  Internet Access:

  https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ufv.ca?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt18mbdj9