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Interdependence and the Italian Communists

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The recent growth in Italian Communist party (PCI) influence on national policy making has been accompanied by a reversal of the party's traditional opposition to Italian participation in NATO and the European Communities. Why? Most fundamentally, this reversal is due to Italy's increasingly irreversible involvement in the network of economic interdependence that links the Western economies. PCI leaders have come to recognize and accept the political consequences of interdependence. Other important factors contributing to the policy shift are: 1) changes in Italian public opinion that made opposition to Italy's Western alignment increasingly costly for the PCI; and 2) constraints imposed by the PCI's need to seek alliances with non-Communists, both in Italy and elsewhere in Western Europe. Serious problems lie ahead for Italy's relations with her allies, but these problems would only be exacerbated by an apocalyptic assessment by Western leaders of the PCI's foreign policy line.

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  • Putnam, Robert D., 1978. "Interdependence and the Italian Communists," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 32(2), pages 301-349, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:intorg:v:32:y:1978:i:02:p:301-349_02
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    1. Pierangelo Isernia & Zoltã N Juhã Sz & Hans Rattinger, 2002. "Foreign Policy and the Rational Public in Comparative Perspective," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 46(2), pages 201-224, April.
    2. Lucia Quaglia & Ivo Maes, 2003. "France's and Italy's Policies on European Monetary Integration: a comparison of 'strong' and 'weak' states," EUI-RSCAS Working Papers 10, European University Institute (EUI), Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS).

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