Internal party vested interests reemerge as barriers once democratic consolidation ends chaos.
Evidence
The chaotic nature of 1989 meant that there was little internal resistance to party transformation at that time. However, once the new democratic system began to consolidate, and the internal party tumult died down, barriers to further transformation could reemerge and begin to subvert party transformation from within. Since these barriers primarily took the form of vested interests within the party, such as orthodox regional leaders or the party bureaucracy, effective organizational transformations occurred before the parties attempted to change their appeals or their parliamentary strategies. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 77
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Party survival hinges on internal actions, not external transition pressures — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 59; A party’s transformative window for shedding its past closes quickly after crisis. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 78; Party regeneration hinged on internal party action and opportunity, not external conditions — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 59 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Party regeneration hinged on internal party action and opportunity, not external conditions
#corroborates(0.88) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 59 - Party survival hinges on internal actions, not external transition pressures
#corroborates(0.85) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 59 - Discredited successor parties must break with the past early to regain power
#qualifies(0.80) - A party’s transformative window for shedding its past closes quickly after crisis.
#expands(0.75) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 78