A COMPARATIVE NOTE ON THE STUDY OF NON-RULING COMMUNIST PARTIES

In: Studies in comparative communism: an international interdisciplinary journal, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 455-459

Abstract

CRITICISES SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE LITERATURE ON NONRULING COMMUNIST PARTIES. FEELS THAT PARTICULAR ARTICLES CONCENTRATE TOO MUCH ON THE PARTY IN A SINGLE NATION RATHER THAN LOOKING FOR GENERAL PATTERNS' AND HYPOTHESES FOR CROSS-NATIONAL ANALYSIS. ALSO TOO MUCH EMPHASIS IS SEEN AS BEING PLACED ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF A NATION'S PARTY WITH THE SOVIET UNION OR COMMUNIST CHINA.