In:
Revue française de science politique, PERSEE Program, Vol. 33, No. 4 ( 1983), p. 651-679
Abstract:
Thirty-eight rank-and-file communist in the Grenoble area — of whom 24 are party members — answered a questionaire on their reaction to the traumatic electoral defeat of the Spring of 1981. Two observations can be drawn from their answers. (1) An outpour of criticism — disavowal of the strategy, discredit of the organizational model and of members of the party apparatus — which reveals the extent of discord within the communist community as well as a deep identity crisis. (2) The continuing adherence of these severe critics, disillusioned and little inclined to indulgence, to the "security values" that rnake up the unquestioned communist identity (the conviction remains strong that the PCF is different from other parties, that it is a workers' party and a party devoted to ideals) and remains the only possible choice. The French Communist Party finds itself in a difficult predicament vis-a-vis its supporters : called upon to change if it is to survive, yet obliged to renounce change lest it reneges.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0035-2950
DOI:
10.3406/rfsp.1983.394082
Language:
French
Publisher:
PERSEE Program
Publication Date:
1983
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3,6
