Authoritarian Determinants of Democratic Party Competition
The Communist Successor Parties in East Central Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6316461 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Grzymala-Busse (0000-0002-5067-296X, University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 415-437 |
| Publication date | 2006-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Party Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354068806063089 |
| OpenAlex | W2057793388 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 51 |
The remarkable trajectories of transformation of the communist successor parties have been the focus of research since the collapse of communism. In contrast, the impact of these different outcomes, the ways in which communist successors adapted to democracy and transformed their organization, has been neglected. In this article, I argue that communist transformation played a crucial role in the formation of a strong and robust party opposition which could constrain rentseeking and lead to the rise of a stronger institutional framework
Authoritarianism · Communism · Communist state · Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Successor cardinal · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America
Life after Dictatorship
Authoritarian Origins of Democratic Party Systems in Africa
The Politics of Protest in Hybrid Regimes
Weiterhin im Schatten der Vergangenheit
Comprendre la diversité des régimes politiques au sein des pays postcommunistes
Capitalism and democracy in the postsocialist transformation. Basic concepts
Between Loyalty and Opposition
Explaining Post-Communist Founding Elections Results through Initial State Capacity
Keeping the Doors Closed
Persistent breeze from the winds of change
Dimensionality, ideology and party positions towards European integration
Regimes and Randomization
We Never Change, Do We? Economic Anxiety and Far‐Right Identification in a Postcrisis Europe
Political leadership – the key for explaining post-communist diversity
Preemptive multipartism and democratic transitions
New parties with old labels
Communism, Federalism, and Ethnic Minorities
When Extremism Pays
Communist successor parties and government survival in Central Eastern Europe
The Real Consequences of Symbolic Politics
Assessing the Impact of Campaign Finance on Party System Institutionalization
Hoist on their own petards? The reinvention and collapse of authoritarian successor parties
Party fragmentation and campaign spending
Perspectives on political party death
Exit, choice and legacy
Born with a silver spoon? Modes of transitions and democratic survival
The road to durable democracy
Political Party Mortality in Established Party Systems
How much opposition? Political fragmentation and changes in democracy
Does government performance matter? Electoral support for incumbents in six post-communist countries
Political Order in Changing Societies
Embodying Democracy
Transforming Labor-Based Parties in Latin America
The Transformation of European Social Democracy
Strong Parties and Lame Ducks
Building democratic institutions
Party System Change
Party Development and Democratic Change in Post-communist Europe
Politics, Power and the Struggle for Democracy in South-East Europe
Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century – And After
Redeeming the Communist Past
Electoral Systems and Political Transformation in Post-Communist Europe
Post-Communist Party Systems
Comparative political studies
The Dorian Gray effect
The reassertion of the left in post‐communist Poland
Continuity and change in polish economic policy
The socialist‐left opposition in post‐communist Hungary
Democracy, Institutional Change, and Stabilisation Policy in Hungary
The Determinants of Economic Reform in the Post-communist World
Corruption and the Collapse of the Czech Transition Miracle
The Shaping of the Polish Party System, 1989-93
Institutional Choice After Communism
The Breakup of Czechoslovakia
Left Turn in Postcommunist Politics
Are Transitions Transitory? Two Types of Political Change in Eastern Europe Since 1989
Stabilising fragile democracies
Political Parties
The Hungarian Party System and Party Theory in the Transition of Central Europe
The Formation of Party Systems in East Central Europe
Adaptation of the Former Communist Parties of East-Central Europe
Strategies and Outcomes in Eastern Europe
Communist Parties in Transition
Political Competition and the Politicization of the State in East Central Europe
A Comparative Perspective on the Leninist Legacy in Eastern Europe
Political Parties and Ideological Spaces in East Central Europe
Identifying the Bases of Party Competition in Eastern Europe
Electoral Systems and the Number of Parties in Postcommunist States
Winners Take All
Rethinking Recent Democratization
Parliamentary Elections of 1994 and the Development of the Bulgarian Party System
Collusion, Competition and Democracy
Two Lectures on the Electoral Victory of the Hungarian Socialists I Parties and Voters
The Institutionalization of Electoral and Party Systems in Postcommunist States
The Leninist Legacy and Institutional Change
Ethnic Heterogeneity, District Magnitude, and the Number of Parties
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,88 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |