Orthodox elites denied younger cadres reform experience, leaving the party unable to adapt.
Evidence
The party had also struck something of a societal contract as well, bound up with national aspirations of Slovaks. However, in both the Slovak and in the Czech parties, the orthodox party elites were in charge of party implementation and allowed little experience to the up-and-coming younger elites. Nor did they engage in any societal negotiation. Thus, the Czechoslovak party appeared completely out of touch with society. Its elites had neither recent experiences in pluralizing the polity or the economy, nor could they point to a shared record of negotiation, response, or reform. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 238
Categorization
- XREF: Feeds the reader’s comparative question about which successor parties could regenerate: the Czechoslovak party, unlike Hungarian and Polish ones, bred no elites with negotiation or reform experience that could later be credentialed, predicting its swift electoral collapse after 1989. — connects to: Elites socialized in rigid party apparats cannot lead genuine reform — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 338; Lacking portable skills made new party elites hostage to conservative members and orthodox committees. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 499; Closed ideological-selection elites left the Czech party unable to adapt by 1989 — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 216
Broader Connections
- Closed ideological-selection elites left the Czech party unable to adapt by 1989
#exemplifies(0.90) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 216 - Elites socialized in rigid party apparats cannot lead genuine reform
#corroborates(0.85) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 338 - Lacking portable skills made new party elites hostage to conservative members and orthodox committees.
#expands(0.82) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 499