Post-1989 communist parties unexpectedly survived and some returned to power.

Evidence

This major study examines one of the most surprising developments in East Central European politics after the democratic transitions of 1989: the completely unexpected regeneration of the former communist parties. After the collapse of the communist regimes in 1989, these ruling communist parties seemed consigned to oblivion. However, confounding scholarly and popular expectations, all of them survived, and some have even returned to power. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 0

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallels the reader’s comparative case of communist successor parties; the whole book is a comparative study relevant to whether parties find a new organizing threat or decay when their constitutive enemy vanishes. — connects to: Parties linked to hated collapsed regimes unexpectedly regained power — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 55; Post-1989 left parties dissolved into market-friendly formations — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 126; Poland’s communist successor party won power repeatedly after 1989 collapse — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 53 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Parties linked to hated collapsed regimes unexpectedly regained power #corroborates (0.95) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 55
• Poland’s communist successor party won power repeatedly after 1989 collapse #exemplifies (0.95) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 53
• Post-1989 left parties dissolved into market-friendly formations #qualifies (0.70) — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 126