The Czechoslovak party’s refusal to negotiate left it no time to adapt after 1989.

Evidence

Almost immediately, the differences became apparent. The Czechoslovak Communist Party refused to engage society or its representatives, and consequently did not engage in lengthy negotiations after the dramatic popular upsurge of November 1989, but in crisis control. The party’s Extraordinary Congress was held barely a month after the Velvet Revolution, three weeks after the party was summarily removed from power, but long before the June 1990 elections could convince it of the necessity of change. As a result, its rapid capitulation left the party with little time to prepare for a transformation. Given the chaos surrounding the party’s capitulation of power in November 1989, many regional delegates to the Extraordinary Congress of the Czech party in December did not even know that the regime had collapsed. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 335

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Closed ideological-selection elites left the Czech party unable to adapt by 1989 — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 216; Lacking reformist elites crippled the Czechoslovak party’s ability to transform. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 336

Broader Connections

• Closed ideological-selection elites left the Czech party unable to adapt by 1989 #corroborates (0.78) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 216
• Lacking reformist elites crippled the Czechoslovak party’s ability to transform. #corroborates (0.78) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 336