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Appeals of Communism / Gabriel Abraham Almond.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2109Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1954Description: 1 online resource (438 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691624334
  • 9781400876747
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 335.4
LOC classification:
  • HX40
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- 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
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.
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Frontmatter -- 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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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