Parties with low initial legitimacy survived by bargaining with society

Evidence

The irony was that the party with the highest levels of initial political legitimacy became the one to repress its society far more than its counterparts. … In contrast, the parties who rode into power on Soviet tanks and had little legitimacy on their own right were the first to relax repression and to allow some degree of economic and political reform. For the Polish and Hungarian parties, their initial lack of support led to redoubled efforts to gain societal acceptance through constant efforts to demonstrate responsiveness. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 330

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Discredited ancien regime parties can survive collapse and win power through regeneration — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 46; Tacit bargaining forces one party to accept an unfair focal point — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 150; Successor party resurgence combined post-1989 conditions, communist legacies, and crafted appeals — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 1197 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Tacit bargaining forces one party to accept an unfair focal point #exemplifies (0.80) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 150
• Successor party resurgence combined post-1989 conditions, communist legacies, and crafted appeals #exemplifies (0.75) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 1197
• Party survival in competitive postcommunist politics requires organizational adaptation, not weak rivals. #qualifies (0.75) — John T. Ishiyama, Party Organization and the Political…, 97
• Cooperation fails if no one can knowingly occupy a dependent party #contradicts (0.72)