Table of Contents

*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Preface to the Paperback Edition, pg. ix*Contents, pg. xv*List of Abbreviations, pg. xvii*Introduction, pg. 1*I. Continuity and Change in Postwar Italian Communism, pg. 21*II. The French Communist Party and the Fifth Republic, pg. 69*Ill. The PCF, the State, and the Revolution: An Analysis of Party Policies, Communications, and Popular Culture, pg. 87*IV. Party Activists in Public Office: Comparisons at the Local Level in Italy and France, pg. 143*V. The Italian Communist Politician, pg. 173*VI. Political Legitimacy in Local Politics: The Communist Party in Northeastern Italy, pg. 221*VII. The PCI at the Local Level: A Study of Strategic Performance, pg. 259*VIII. Left-Wing Unity at the Grass Roots: Picardy and Languedoc, pg. 305*IX. The PCF and Local Government: Continuity and Change, pg. 340*X. The PCI's Alliance Strategy and the Case of the Middle Classes, pg. 373*XI. Alliance Politics and Revolutionary Pretensions, pg. 420*XII. Mass-Level Response to Party Strategy: The Italian Electorate and the Communist Party, pg. 456*XIII. Party and Mass Organization: The Changing Relationship of PCF and CGT, pg. 504*XIV. The CGIL and the PCI: From Subordination to Independent Political Force, pg. 541*XV. Communism in Italy and France: J Adaptation and Change, pg. 575*List of Contributors, pg. 641*Index, pg. 643