Constraints and Limitations  

Is Socialism Doomed? is an elegant analysis of the experience of the French left in power after 1981. The general reader will learn much about France and its left from the book. Singer combines two rare qualities—a compelling writing style …



Italian Labor: Gains and Losses  

The dramatis personae in Joanne Barkan’s analysis of the contemporary Italian workers’ movement possess great subtlety and substance. There is a Communist party (PCI) that, even reluctant observers admit, has been unusually lucid in the face of social and political …