A systematic and comprehensive introduction to contemporary party politics in democratic states and evaluation of whether, and to what extent, parties are - as is often claimed - in crisis or decline.
Robin T. Pettitt is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Kingston University London, UK.
Innehållsförteckning
1. Introduction2. Party Systems3. Theories of Party Development4. Ideology5. Party Members, Activists and Supporters6. Candidate Selection7. Policy Making8. Campaigning9. Government10. The Internationalisation of Party Politics11. The Future of Party Politics.