Stalinist-era parties punished reform advocacy with expulsion and unemployment

Evidence

Nor did the party allow internal pluralism. Any reform-minded party member bold enough to attempt to disseminate his or her views would be rewarded with both expulsion and loss of employment. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 222

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A party-bred reform that fails triggers an intensified loyalty purge — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 197; Orthodox factions retained mass member support while reformist factions were expelled — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 483; Membership-retention policies backfired by expelling precisely the reformists who could modernize the party — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 486 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• A party-bred reform that fails triggers an intensified loyalty purge #complicates (0.85) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 197
• Orthodox factions retained mass member support while reformist factions were expelled #corroborates (0.85) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 483
• Membership-retention policies backfired by expelling precisely the reformists who could modernize the party #contradicts (0.72) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 486