TY - JOUR
T1 - On the (non) distinctiveness of Marxism-Leninism
T2 - The Portuguese and Greek communist parties compared
AU - Keith, Dan
AU - Charalambous, Giorgos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - The study of parties that label themselves as Marxist-Leninist has, for the most part been subsumed in the exploration of the broader radical (or, far) left tradition in the post-1989 period. In an attempt to bridge this gap in the recent literature on radical left parties, this article attempts to uncover the (non) distinctiveness of Marxism-Leninism by studying empirically two European parties that are self-labelled as Marxist-Leninist - the Greek (KKE) and Portuguese (PCP) Communist parties. The central question we explore is whether there are significant similarities between these parties, so as to allow us to speak of Marxism-Leninism's distinctiveness today. Overall, the two parties studied here have enough in common to testify to Marxism-Leninism's ongoing distinctiveness with several qualifications, especially concerning ideology.
AB - The study of parties that label themselves as Marxist-Leninist has, for the most part been subsumed in the exploration of the broader radical (or, far) left tradition in the post-1989 period. In an attempt to bridge this gap in the recent literature on radical left parties, this article attempts to uncover the (non) distinctiveness of Marxism-Leninism by studying empirically two European parties that are self-labelled as Marxist-Leninist - the Greek (KKE) and Portuguese (PCP) Communist parties. The central question we explore is whether there are significant similarities between these parties, so as to allow us to speak of Marxism-Leninism's distinctiveness today. Overall, the two parties studied here have enough in common to testify to Marxism-Leninism's ongoing distinctiveness with several qualifications, especially concerning ideology.
KW - Communism
KW - European radical left
KW - Greek communist party
KW - Marxism-Leninism
KW - Portuguese communist party
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84966473185&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.04.001
DO - 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.04.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84966473185
SN - 0967-067X
VL - 49
SP - 147
EP - 161
JO - Communist and Post-Communist Studies
JF - Communist and Post-Communist Studies
IS - 2
ER -