Discredited ancien regime actors can survive and succeed in new democratic orders.

Evidence

This book addresses a fundamental question in the study of democratic politics and institutional change: How can the discredited political actors of an ancien regime not only survive the collapse of the old order, but succeed in the new one? Among the most spectacular cases of such persistence and adaptation are the survival and regeneration of the communist successor parties in East Central Europe, the focus of this book. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 45

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s comparative frame of communist successor parties after 1989 as the core case. — connects to: Discredited ancien regime parties can survive collapse and win power through regeneration — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 46; Skills that sustained authoritarian rule can be repurposed for democratic success afterward — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 122; Communist successor parties repurposed legacies of past reform to gain democratic credibility. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 74 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Discredited ancien regime parties can survive collapse and win power through regeneration #exemplifies (0.95) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 46
• Skills that sustained authoritarian rule can be repurposed for democratic success afterward #expands (0.90) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 122
• Communist successor parties repurposed legacies of past reform to gain democratic credibility. #exemplifies (0.90) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 74
• Pre-democratic organizational practices shaped successor parties’ post-regime survival capacities #expands (0.80) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 88
• Regime collapse preserves inherited advantages for some elites #expands (0.75) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 1514
• Authoritarian-era organizational practices determine successor parties’ democratic survival skills #complicates (0.75) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 88