Post-1968 purges destroyed society’s faith in the Czech party’s legitimacy
Evidence
The purge was designed to prevent any future reformist deviations in the party, but it also left a lasting trauma for much of society, whose bargaining power vis- -vis the party was curtailed, and whose faith in the party’s legitimacy was irrevocably gone. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 199
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Czechoslovak communists repeatedly purged destructive membership percentages to protect doctrinal purity — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 180; The Czech party purged over 28 percent of its members after 1968 — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 197; Post-1968 Czechoslovakia froze policy rather than courting society — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 233 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Czechoslovak party’s past rejection of 1968 reforms nullified its reform rhetoric
#corroborates(0.82) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 342 - Post-1968 Czechoslovakia froze policy rather than courting society
#expands(0.78) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 233 - A legitimacy belief froze reform and confirmed itself via Prague Spring
#corroborates(0.75) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 232 - Center-left parties lost their social bases and legitimacy, creating the vacuum populism filled.
#exemplifies(0.72) — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 28