Power and persuasion : ideology and rhetoric in communist Yugoslavia, 1944-1953 / Carol S. Lilly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lilly, Carol S., 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Political aspects.

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Cultural policy.

Yugoslavia--Politics and government--1945-1980.

Yugoslavia.

Politics and government.

Yugoslavia--Cultural policy.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--Yugoslavia.

Rhetoric.

Communication--Political aspects--Yugoslavia.

Communication.

Physical Description:

xii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Power & persuasion

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.

Contents:

Historical Review 17

External and Internal Constraints 25

2 Tools of the Trade: The Apparatus for Cultural Change 35

The Communist Party 35

The State 42

Mass Organizations 48

3 Problems of Persuasion 61

Internal Disunity 61

"Kadrovi Resavaju Sve"

Cadres Determine Everything 66

4 Taking Power: Cultural Manipulation and Revolutionary Change 77

Compromise and Moderation 77

Partisanstvo in Postwar Rhetoric 86

Pragmatism and Partisanstvo 92

5 Constructing the Framework: Mobilization and Control 115

Shockwork and Competition 118

Youth Volunteer Labor Brigades 120

Economic Tasks and Education 124

Culture and the Media 128

6 The Cultural Transformation Begins 137

New Goals and New Expectations 138

Culture and Ideology 140

Educating the Educators 148

7 The Cultural Transformation Delayed 161

The Soviet-Yugoslav Split 162

Two Steps Backward 165

Three Steps Forward 175

8 The Cultural Transformation Transformed 198

1950: A Turning Point 198

Further Reforms 208

The Sixth Party Congress and the Fourth Congress of the People's Front 210

Playing by New Rules 214

9 The Cultural Transformation Abandoned 229

Youth and Culture After the Soviet-Yugoslav Split 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.

ISBN:

0813338255

OCLC:

45044232