المؤلفون: Bolin, Jan.

مصطلحات موضوعية: Sveriges socialdemokratiska vänsterparti -- History., Communist parties -- Sweden -- History -- 20th century., Communism -- Sweden -- History -- 20th century., History.

المؤلفون: Bergner, Petter, 1981

المساهمون: Berggren, Lena, Docent, Hermansson, Jörgen, Professor

مصطلحات موضوعية: Communism, coming to terms with history, Left Party, Left Party - the Communists, Swedish Communist Party, West European Communist Parties, Post-Communism, Anti-Communism, Politics of regret, process of coming to terms with history, coming to terms with the past, Uppgörelse, Uppgörelseprocess, Vänsterpartiet, Vänsterpartiet kommunisterna, VPK, Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti, SKP, kommunism, antikommunism, uppgörelse med det förflutna, göra upp med historien, postkommunism, ångerpolitik, partistrategier, politisk historia 1900-tal, historia, History

الوصف: This dissertation concerns Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti (SKP) [the Swedish Communist Party] – in 1967 renamed Vänsterpartiet kommunisterna (VPK) [the Left Party – the Communists] and in 1990 renamed Vänsterpartiet (V) [the Left Party] – and the Party's process of coming to terms with history and its communist legacy. The aim of the study is to describe and analyse the SKP/VPK/V's process of coming to terms with history for the period 1956-2006, and to set out and problematise the driving forces and constraining mechanisms of this process. The theoretical framework of the study consists of Gunnar Sjöblom’s theory about party strategies of political parties in multi-party systems and Michael Freeden’s conceptual approach to ideology analysis.     During the period of study the SKP/VPK/V has, like no other political party in Sweden, been ascribed historical guilt regarding its own party history but also regarding the effects of world communism. The Party has thus found itself in a situation where it has had history as an adversary. The process of coming to terms with history has mainly revolved around three issues: independence (1956-1977), international ties (1977-1989) and a broadening beyond the communist tradition (1986-2006). The internal debate within the Party has linked these issues to calls for change aimed at ridding the party of what is considered undesirable elements of the Communist legacy. By analysing the arguments pursued in favour of these calls, it is possible to pick out a number of the driving forces behind the Party's process of coming to terms with history, namely an ambition to obtain vote maximisation, programme realisation and maximisation of parliamentary influence. The urge to distance the Party from certain aspects of its communist past has thus been related to fundamental goals that political parties in multi-party systems seek to obtain.     The results of the dissertation show that it is possible to pick out five main constraining mechanisms in the Party's process of coming to terms with history. 1) The safeguarding of Party cohesion. 2) The safeguarding of the distinctive character of the Party.  3) The need to resist external pressure. 4) The desire to avoid unfair apportioning of blame. 5) The safeguarding of the right to define the substance of one's own ideology. The existence of these constraining mechanisms help to explain why the process of coming to terms with history lingered on for several decades, and also why it seems to have been a process of such complexity for the Swedish Communist and Post-Communist Party.

وصف الملف: electronic

URL الوصول: https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-70326
https://umu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:621268/COVER01.pdf
https://umu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:621268/FULLTEXT02.pdf
https://umu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:621268/SPIKBLAD02.pdf

المؤلفون: FAGERhOLM, ANDREAS

المصدر: Politiikka; 2008, Vol. 50 Issue 4, p224-237, 14p, 1 Diagram, 6 Charts

مصطلحات موضوعية: FINNISH politics & government, 1981-, SOCIALISM, POLITICAL parties, COMMUNIST parties, SOCIALIST ethics, IDEOLOGY, VALUES (Ethics)

مصطلحات جغرافية: FINLAND, EUROPE

مستخلص: The collapse of the "actually existing socialism" at the end of the 1980s was a trial for the radical left all over Europe. Many parties changed their names and underwent wide-ranging ideological transformations. This article examines the ideological development within the Finnish radical left during the 1990s. Three parties are included in the study: the Left Alliance, the Communist Party of Finland and the Communist Workers' Party. The following two questions are addressed: first, to what extent have interpretations of socialist ideology been renewed and, secondly, have post-materialist values and the so-called "new politics" had any effect on the party ideologies? The results point to a large amount of ideological reform within the Left Alliance, while the Communist Party and the Communist Workers' Party are predominantly unreformed. Post-materialist values can be found mainly in the ideologies of the Left Alliance and the Communist Party of Finland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Alternate Title: The Moscow Processes and the Swedish Communist Party. (English)

المؤلفون: Nagrelius, Åke

المصدر: Sociologisk Forskning - Journal of the Swedish Sociological Association; 2005, Vol. 42 Issue 4, p43-56, 14p

مصطلحات موضوعية: MOSCOW Trials, Moscow, Russia, 1936-1937, COMMUNIST parties, HISTORY of communism, TRIALS (Law), CAPITAL punishment sentencing, CRIMINAL law, MASS media

مصطلحات جغرافية: SWEDEN, SOVIET Union

مستخلص: THE Moscow SHOW TRIALS of the 1930's is of great importance in the history of communism. The Swedish Communist Party was supportive of both the trials and the ensuing death penalties. This article describes the reporting and editorial comments written by Swedish newspapers and journals, as well as the Communist Party reaction documented in the archives. Was there any discussion within the party? Were there any critical voices? How did the communists argue when they defended the trials? Finally, what was the political outcome for the Swedish party? The article states that the problem for those outside the party who were critical of the trials and the death penalties was the fact that the persons prosecuted pleaded guilty to the crimes. This was also the main argument used by the Swedish Communist Party in defending the trials. The party strongly condemned the prosecuted and showed no leniency. It was later revealed that Hilding Hagberg, the successor to Sven Linderot as party leader, claimed that they were both against the trials and that Hilding Hagberg even wrote to the central committee of the Swedish party and suggested it should try to get the Soviet party to stop the trials. Protocol from the Politburo confirms that Hagberg was indeed critical. Although the party did manage to increase its percentage of votes in the elections during the period, the political ramifications of the trials were increased isolation of the Swedish party due to the fact that the previous positive attitude toward the Soviet Union diminished among leftists outside the party. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: Bergner, Petter

مصطلحات موضوعية: Vänsterpartiet, kommunism, History, Uppgörelse, Uppgörelseprocess, Anti-Communism, Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti, politisk historia 1900-tal, Swedish Communist Party, VPK, Historia, West European Communist Parties, göra upp med historien, Left Party, coming to terms with the past, antikommunism, coming to terms with history, Communism, Vänsterpartiet kommunisterna, ångerpolitik, Post-Communism, SKP, process of coming to terms with history, partistrategier, Left Party - the Communists, Politics of regret, uppgörelse med det förflutna, postkommunism

الوصف: This dissertation concerns Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti (SKP) [the Swedish Communist Party] – in 1967 renamed Vänsterpartiet kommunisterna (VPK) [the Left Party – the Communists] and in 1990 renamed Vänsterpartiet (V) [the Left Party] – and the Party's process of coming to terms with history and its communist legacy. The aim of the study is to describe and analyse the SKP/VPK/V's process of coming to terms with history for the period 1956-2006, and to set out and problematise the driving forces and constraining mechanisms of this process. The theoretical framework of the study consists of Gunnar Sjöblom’s theory about party strategies of political parties in multi-party systems and Michael Freeden’s conceptual approach to ideology analysis. During the period of study the SKP/VPK/V has, like no other political party in Sweden, been ascribed historical guilt regarding its own party history but also regarding the effects of world communism. The Party has thus found itself in a situation where it has had history as an adversary. The process of coming to terms with history has mainly revolved around three issues: independence (1956-1977), international ties (1977-1989) and a broadening beyond the communist tradition (1986-2006). The internal debate within the Party has linked these issues to calls for change aimed at ridding the party of what is considered undesirable elements of the Communist legacy. By analysing the arguments pursued in favour of these calls, it is possible to pick out a number of the driving forces behind the Party's process of coming to terms with history, namely an ambition to obtain vote maximisation, programme realisation and maximisation of parliamentary influence. The urge to distance the Party from certain aspects of its communist past has thus been related to fundamental goals that political parties in multi-party systems seek to obtain. The results of the dissertation show that it is possible to pick out five main constraining mechanisms in the Party's process of coming to terms with history. 1) The safeguarding of Party cohesion. 2) The safeguarding of the distinctive character of the Party. 3) The need to resist external pressure. 4) The desire to avoid unfair apportioning of blame. 5) The safeguarding of the right to define the substance of one's own ideology. The existence of these constraining mechanisms help to explain why the process of coming to terms with history lingered on for several decades, and also why it seems to have been a process of such complexity for the Swedish Communist and Post-Communist Party.

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المؤلفون: Josefsson, Jan, 1952-

المساهمون: Zetterberg, Mats, 1951- joint author., Zetterberg, Mats, 1951- author.

مصطلحات موضوعية: Communism -- Sweden., Communist parties -- Sweden., Communists -- Sweden -- Attitudes., Youth -- Sweden -- Attitudes., Communists -- Sweden -- Interviews., Youth -- Sweden -- Interviews., Political psychology., Interviews.

المساهمون: Engberg, Jan, 1950-

مصطلحات موضوعية: Communist parties -- Sweden -- History -- 20th century., History.

جغرافية الموضوع: Sweden -- Politics and government -- 1950-1973., Sweden -- Politics and government -- 1973-

المؤلفون: Jacobsson, Benny.

مصطلحات موضوعية: Kommunistiska partiet Marxist-leninisterna (revolutionärerna) (Sweden), Communist parties -- Sweden.

المؤلفون: Lindkvist, Kent, 1947-

مصطلحات موضوعية: Communist parties -- Sweden -- History -- 20th century., Communism -- Sweden -- History -- 20th century.

المساهمون: Fria moderata studentförbundet.

مصطلحات موضوعية: Communism -- Sweden., Communist parties -- Sweden.