The Italian Socialist Party and Political Participation

A. Pizzorno

DOI:10.1177/000276425900300405

Corpus ID: 153436533

The Italian Socialist Party and Political Participation

@article{Pizzorno1959TheIS,
  title={The Italian Socialist Party and Political Participation},
  author={A. Pizzorno},
  journal={American Behavioral Scientist},
  year={1959},
  volume={3},
  pages={25 - 35}
}

A. Pizzorno
Published 1959
Economics
American Behavioral Scientist

In this intriguing example of applied political research, Alessandro Pizzorno combines an analysis of the degree of mass participation in the Italian Socialist Party with proposals for reforming the party in keeping with traditional socialist principles. Focusing on the 33rd Conference of the party, he finds that low participation in pre-conference meetings permits party factions to engage in undemocratic manipulation. He believes that mass participation is necessary to achieve socialistic… Expand

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