The result is a set of highly rewarding and challenging contributions. This really is a very, very good book, and it constitutes a major contribution to party studies. It comes as close as I have yet seen to a 'state of the art' in the field, and it is a credit to the editors and to their Summer School work over the years.

• I INTRODUCTION; II PARTIES AND SOCIETY; III PARTIES AS PURPOSIVE ORGANIZATIONS; IV PARTIES AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT; V PARTIES, THE NATION STATE AND BEYOND; VI CONCLUSION

The result is a set of highly rewarding and challenging contributions. This really is a very, very good book, and it constitutes a major contribution to party studies. It comes as close as I have yet seen to a 'state of the art' in the field, and it is a credit to the editors and to their Summer School work over the years.

• I INTRODUCTION; II PARTIES AND SOCIETY; III PARTIES AS PURPOSIVE ORGANIZATIONS; IV PARTIES AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT; V PARTIES, THE NATION STATE AND BEYOND; VI CONCLUSION

The result is a set of highly rewarding and challenging contributions. This really is a very, very good book, and it constitutes a major contribution to party studies. It comes as close as I have yet seen to a 'state of the art' in the field, and it is a credit to the editors and to their Summer School work over the years.

• I INTRODUCTION; II PARTIES AND SOCIETY; III PARTIES AS PURPOSIVE ORGANIZATIONS; IV PARTIES AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT; V PARTIES, THE NATION STATE AND BEYOND; VI CONCLUSION