Autonomy and Ideology

Brezhnev, Ceauşescu and the World Communist Movement

Bibliographic Data

ID12269606
AuthorsCezar Stanciu (0000-0001-6224-6522, Valahia University of Targoviste, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume23
Issue1
Pages115-134
Publication date2014-01-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueContemporary European History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0960-7773 • E-ISSN: 1469-2171
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0960777313000532
OpenAlexW2115508183
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited21

One of Leonid Brezhnev's primary goals when he acceded to party leadership in the Soviet Union was to restore Moscow's control over the world communist movement, severely undermined by the Sino-Soviet dispute. Nicolae Ceauşescu of Romania was determined to prevent this, in order to consolidate his country's autonomy in the Communist bloc. The Sino-Soviet dispute offered the political and ideological framework for autonomy, as the Romanian Communists claimed their neutrality in the dispute. This article describes Ceauşescu's efforts to sabotage Brezhnev's attempts to have China condemned by an international meeting of Communist parties between 1967 and 1969. His basic ideological argument was that unity of world communism should have a polycentric meaning

Argument (complex analysis · Autonomy · China · Communism · Eastern Bloc · Economic history · Ideology · Neutrality · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Romanian · Socialism · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · History · Law · Philosophy

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