Eurocommunism
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Eurocommunism was a reformist current within Western European communist parties during the 1970s that sought greater independence from the Soviet Union and embraced more democratic, pluralist, and parliamentary approaches to socialism.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
current within communism
→
left-wing ideology → political ideology → reformist current → |
| criticizedBy |
Soviet leadership
→
orthodox communist parties → some revolutionary Marxist groups → |
| declinedInDecade |
1980s
→
|
| developedInContextOf |
Cold War
→
Western European welfare states → détente → |
| emergedInDecade |
1970s
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| hasCharacteristic |
acceptance of multi-party democracy
→
critique of authoritarianism in existing socialist states → dialogue with social democracy → distance from Moscow line → emphasis on national roads to socialism → opposition to violent revolution in advanced democracies → rejection of Soviet model of socialism → support for broad left alliances → support for civil liberties → willingness to work within parliamentary systems → |
| hasGoal |
democratic socialism
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greater independence from the Soviet Union → parliamentary road to socialism → political pluralism → |
| hasMainRegion |
Western Europe
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| influenced |
European left-wing parties
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debates on democratic socialism → evolution of some communist parties into democratic socialist parties → |
| influencedBy |
French Communist Party
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Italian Communist Party → New Left → Spanish Communist Party → Western parliamentary democracy → crisis of legitimacy of the Soviet Union → post-1968 political climate in Europe → |
| opposedTo |
Soviet-style one-party rule
→
Stalinism → strict democratic centralism as practiced in the USSR → |
| peakInfluencePeriod |
mid-1970s
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| relatedTo |
Italian historic compromise strategy
→
democratic socialism → reform communism → social democracy → |
| supported |
electoral competition
→
freedom of expression → human rights → trade union pluralism → |