The appeals of communism / by Gabriel A. Almond ; principal collaborators, Herbert E. Krugman, Elsbeth Lewin, Howard Wriggins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Almond, Gabriel A. (Gabriel Abraham), 1911-2002, author.

Contributor:

Krugman, Herbert E., contributor.

Lewin, Elsbeth, contributor.

Wriggins, W. Howard (William Howard), 1918-2008, contributor.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism--History.

Communism.

Communist parties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource e (xix, 415 pages) : tables

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1965.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This study, based on an extensive program of interviewing former American, British, French, and Italian Communists, provides many answers to these questions and gives a convincing insight into the motivations, tensions, and loyalties of Party members. First, the book examines Communist literature (the Lenin and Stalin classics and current Party media) to see what the Communists themselves expect of their movement. Then it shows whether this ideal is realized by the people who have "been through it." The final sections, which follow the interviews closely, reveal what actually happens to people when they join, while they are in the Party, and after they leave. Originally published in 2050.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Front matter

Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgments

Contents

PART I. The Structure of Communist Communication

Chapter 1. The Communist Militant: Ends and Means

Chapter 2. The Power-oriented Tactician

Chapter 3. Esoteric and Exoteric Communication

PART II. How The Movement is Perceived and Experienced

Chapter 4. The Perception of Goals and Theory

Chapter 5. The Perception of Tactical Aspects

Chapter 6. Doctrine and Practice

PART III. Social and Psychological Characteristics

Chapter 7. Social Characteristics

Chapter 8. Political Characteristics

Chapter 9. Susceptibility to Communism

Chapter 10. Types of Neurotic Susceptibility

PART IV. The Process of Defection

Chapter 11. Types and Patterns of Dissatisfaction

Chapter 12. Defection and Readjustment

PART V. Conclusions

Chapter 13. Conclusions and Implications

Appendix 1. The Sample of Ex-Communists

Appendix 2. Interviewing Guides

Index

Notes:

Bibliographical footnotes.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780691650937

0691650934

9780691087009

0691087008

9781400876747

1400876745

OCLC:

967562715