Title

Eurocommunism and the Spanish Communists

Authors

Gary Prevost, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1981

Disciplines

Political Science | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Abstract

This article attempts to place the PCE in the generally‐held views of Eurocommunism and explore the current orientation of the party. Focusing on the ideology and the political practice of the PCE, the thesis is that the PCE is a ‘Eurocommunist’ party in the mould of the French and Italian parties but with obvious differences arising from nearly forty years of underground existence under Franco. The perspectives attached to Eurocommunism in many ways do not represent a sharp departure from the past history of the PCE. The major strength of the PCE today is not in the electoral arena where it receives only about 10 per cent of the vote, but rather in the trade union movement where it enjoys a hegemonic position in the largest trade union federation, the Workers’ Commissions (CCOO).

Comments

DOI: 10.1080/01402388108424306

Recommended Citation

Prevost, Gary. "Eurocommunism and the Spanish Communists." West European Politics 4, no. 1 (1981): 69-84. doi: 10.1080/01402388108424306.