French and Italian Communist Parties

Beginning with a review of the numerous studies that tend to emphasize the national, societal dimension of the Italian and French communist parties, Cyrille Guiat's book is a comparative study of the two parties from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. The French and Italian Communist parties - a critical review of the literature; designing the study - a comparative framework based on two municipal case studies of the PCF and the PCI; cultural policy-making in French and Italian municipalities (c.1960-c.1980); the cultural policies of the French and Italian Communist parties - a comparative, strategic framework; ideology and clientelism in the cultural policy of the PCF in Ivry-sur-Seine (c.1965-c.1985); the cultural policy of the PCI in Reggion Emilia (c.1960-c.1980) - a pragmatic, societal approach to the provision of public amenities and services; revisiting the contrast between the PCF and PCI - the prevalence of international factors.