Titoism

Josip Broz Tito meeting with Bolesław Bierut and Michał Żymierski from the Polish People's Republic in 1946.

Titoism is a socialist political philosophy most closely associated with Josip Broz Tito during the Cold War.[1][2] It is characterized by a broad Yugoslav identity, socialist workers' self-management, a political separation from the Soviet Union, and leadership in the Non-Aligned Movement.[3][4]

Tito led the Communist Yugoslav Partisans during World War II in Yugoslavia.[5][6] After the war, tensions arose between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. Although these issues alleviated over time, Yugoslavia still remained largely independent in ideology and policy[7] due to the leadership of Tito,[8] who led Yugoslavia until his death in 1980.[9]

Today, the term "Titoism" is sometimes used to refer to Yugo-nostalgia across political spectrum, a longing for reestablishment or revival of Yugoslavism or Yugoslavia by the citizens of Yugoslavia's successor states.

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  2. ^ Wilczynski 1981, p. 597, Tito.
  3. ^ Bocanegra, Lidia, Titoism (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2021, retrieved 22 December 2021
  4. ^ McLean & McMillan (2009); Ágh (2011), p. 2458; Robertson (2017)
  5. ^ McLean & McMillan 2009.
  6. ^ Perović, Jeronim (2007). "The Tito–Stalin split: a reassessment in light of new evidence" (PDF). Journal of Cold War Studies. 9 (2). MIT Press: 32–63. doi:10.1162/jcws.2007.9.2.32. S2CID 57567168.
  7. ^ Lazar 2011, p. 312.
  8. ^ Naimark, Norman; Pons, Silvio [in Italian]; Quinn-Judge, Sophie (2017). "Introduction to Volume II". In Naimark, Norman; Pons, Silvio [in Italian]; Quinn-Judge, Sophie (eds.). The Cambridge History of Communism. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–12. doi:10.1017/9781316459850. ISBN 978-1-316-45985-0.
  9. ^ "Josip Broz Tito". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 27 April 2010.