Authoritarian ruling parties normally lack incentives to develop responsive governance skills

Evidence

Communist parties seem a highly improbable source of democratic skills and effective political leadership. After all, during the four decades of their political and economic monopoly in East Central Europe, they had few incentives to devise responsive or responsible public policies and were far more adept at repression than at representation. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 121

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Skills that sustained authoritarian rule can be repurposed for democratic success afterward — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 122; Authoritarian coalition-building approaches shape post-transition political incentives. — Johan Brosché and Hanne Fjelde and Kristine Höglund, Electoral violence and the legacy of…, 30; Authoritarian-era party practices can later produce democratic competence — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 122

Broader Connections

• Authoritarian-era party practices can later produce democratic competence #complicates (0.85) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 122
• Authoritarian coalition-building approaches shape post-transition political incentives. #corroborates (0.82) — Johan Brosché and Hanne Fjelde and Kristine Höglund, Electoral violence and the legacy of…, 30