Inherited organizational templates remain dominant only while cheaper than alternatives

Evidence

As a corollary, these legacies will influence party strategies so long as they provide information or a template for action that is less costly to obtain than other alternatives, such as seeking international models or other historical templates. As the political situation stabilizes, and uncertainty regarding actions and outcomes decreases, other sources of elite decision making could eventually influence party strategies. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 89

Categorization

• QUESTION: This implies that when the external threat disappears and uncertainty drops, legacies decay — relevant to whether parties find new organizing threats or simply fall back on other templates.
• XREF: connects to: Outdated organizational partitions persist through tradition despite losing relevance — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1992; Prior organizational practices, not ideology, shaped successor party strategies — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 101; Ideas gain influence only through organizational architecture and network building — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 605

Broader Connections

• Outdated organizational partitions persist through tradition despite losing relevance #expands (0.78) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1992
• Ideas gain influence only through organizational architecture and network building #corroborates (0.74) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 605
• Prior organizational practices, not ideology, shaped successor party strategies #qualifies (0.72) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 101