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Perspectives on communist successor parties: The case of Lithuania

Terry D. Clark, Jovita Pranevičciūte
Communist and Post-Communist Studies (2008) 41 (4): 443–464.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2008.09.003
Published: 09 November 2008
... University of California * Corresponding author. Communism Democratic consolidation Lithuanian politics Party system Path dependence Successor parties Transition The case of Lithuania 1996 and 2001 to the present. A major reason for the party s success is that it took an * Corresponding...
Abstract
The successor party to the Lithuanian Communist Party (LCP) has shown amazing adaptability in weathering the transition period to remain a major political force throughout the post-communist period. The LCP severed all formal ties with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and became the independent Lithuanian Democratic Labor Party (LDLP) in late 1989. As the LDLP, the party was the governing party from 1992 to 1996. In early 2001 it merged with the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) to become the new LSDP. The LSDP has been the major party in governing coalitions from 2001 to the present. We explore the challenges that Lithuania’s successor party has faced and the reasons for its remarkable success.
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