Communist successors survived without changing where transitions were managed or discredit weak

Evidence

In contrast, where the parties did not exit from power or were not discredited, they could minimize the need to change. In such cases of limited or “managed” transitions – such as those in Romania, Bulgaria, or Albania – parties could rely on continuing patronage, nostalgia, or populist appeals. Many such parties also functioned in countries that have had greater difficulties achieving either a stable market economy or a consolidated democratic polity, and where the old communist formulas were not as discredited as a result. Where the competition was weak and unable to offer viable alternatives, even poor governmental or economic performance by the communist successor allowed it to retain power and popular support, as in the cases of Russia or Albania. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 115

Categorization

• XREF: Contrast to the reader’s core claim that external-enemy loss forces adaptation; here absence of discredit/exit let parties persist unchanged via patronage. — connects to: Post-communist parties survived by positioning as managers of transition for the excluded majority — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 929; Communist mass-party organizational forms could not survive democratic transitions — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 388

Broader Connections

• Post-communist parties survived by positioning as managers of transition for the excluded majority #corroborates (0.85) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 929
• Communist mass-party organizational forms could not survive democratic transitions #contradicts (0.85) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 388