Aleks Szczerbiak is Professor of Politics and Contemporary European Studies at the University of Sussex. He is currently Director of Doctoral Studies for Law, Politics and Sociology and was Co-Director of the Sussex European Institute (SEI) from 2006-14.

"Szczerbiak's critical assessment of the usefulness of mainstream party literature in the Polish context places his work above and beyond the many books and articles whose authors labour bending the post-communist political reality to fit more or less elaborate foreign constructs... He managed to get to quite extraordinary sources."

• List of TablesPreface and AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsChapter One: Introduction / Models of Contemporary Party / Party Development in Post-communist Poland / Modelling Party Structure and Organisation in Post-communist Poland Chapter Two: The Distribution of Power within Parties / Party Decision-making Structures / Parliamentary–Extra-parliamentary Party Relations / Leaders and Members / Local–National Relations / Conclusion Chapter Three: The Party Machine / The Party Central Office Bureaucracy / The Parliamentary Party Bureaucracy / The Local Party Machine / The ‘Professionalisation’ of Parties / Conclusion  Chapter Four: Parties and Their Electorates / Party Electoral Strategies /  The 1997 Parliamentary Election Campaign / Party Electoral Profiles / The Role of Party Leaders / ConclusionChapter Five: Parties as Membership Organisations / Party Membership and Local Implantation / Party Ancillary Organisations and Interest Group Relations / The Role and Functions of Local Party Branches / Demand Side Factors: Party Organisational Strategies / Supply Side Factors: Popular Attitudes towards Parties / ConclusionChapter Six: parties and the state / The State and Party Funding / The State and Party Media Access / ConclusionChapter Seven: ConclusionAppendix 1: Parties and Organisations in the Democratic Left Alliance, May 1997Appendix 2: Parties and Organisations in Solidarity Electoral Action, March 1997BibliographyIndex

Aleks Szczerbiak is Professor of Politics and Contemporary European Studies at the University of Sussex. He is currently Director of Doctoral Studies for Law, Politics and Sociology and was Co-Director of the Sussex European Institute (SEI) from 2006-14.

"Szczerbiak's critical assessment of the usefulness of mainstream party literature in the Polish context places his work above and beyond the many books and articles whose authors labour bending the post-communist political reality to fit more or less elaborate foreign constructs... He managed to get to quite extraordinary sources."

• List of TablesPreface and AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsChapter One: Introduction / Models of Contemporary Party / Party Development in Post-communist Poland / Modelling Party Structure and Organisation in Post-communist Poland Chapter Two: The Distribution of Power within Parties / Party Decision-making Structures / Parliamentary–Extra-parliamentary Party Relations / Leaders and Members / Local–National Relations / Conclusion Chapter Three: The Party Machine / The Party Central Office Bureaucracy / The Parliamentary Party Bureaucracy / The Local Party Machine / The ‘Professionalisation’ of Parties / Conclusion  Chapter Four: Parties and Their Electorates / Party Electoral Strategies /  The 1997 Parliamentary Election Campaign / Party Electoral Profiles / The Role of Party Leaders / ConclusionChapter Five: Parties as Membership Organisations / Party Membership and Local Implantation / Party Ancillary Organisations and Interest Group Relations / The Role and Functions of Local Party Branches / Demand Side Factors: Party Organisational Strategies / Supply Side Factors: Popular Attitudes towards Parties / ConclusionChapter Six: parties and the state / The State and Party Funding / The State and Party Media Access / ConclusionChapter Seven: ConclusionAppendix 1: Parties and Organisations in the Democratic Left Alliance, May 1997Appendix 2: Parties and Organisations in Solidarity Electoral Action, March 1997BibliographyIndex

Aleks Szczerbiak is Professor of Politics and Contemporary European Studies at the University of Sussex. He is currently Director of Doctoral Studies for Law, Politics and Sociology and was Co-Director of the Sussex European Institute (SEI) from 2006-14.

"Szczerbiak's critical assessment of the usefulness of mainstream party literature in the Polish context places his work above and beyond the many books and articles whose authors labour bending the post-communist political reality to fit more or less elaborate foreign constructs... He managed to get to quite extraordinary sources."

• List of TablesPreface and AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsChapter One: Introduction / Models of Contemporary Party / Party Development in Post-communist Poland / Modelling Party Structure and Organisation in Post-communist Poland Chapter Two: The Distribution of Power within Parties / Party Decision-making Structures / Parliamentary–Extra-parliamentary Party Relations / Leaders and Members / Local–National Relations / Conclusion Chapter Three: The Party Machine / The Party Central Office Bureaucracy / The Parliamentary Party Bureaucracy / The Local Party Machine / The ‘Professionalisation’ of Parties / Conclusion  Chapter Four: Parties and Their Electorates / Party Electoral Strategies /  The 1997 Parliamentary Election Campaign / Party Electoral Profiles / The Role of Party Leaders / ConclusionChapter Five: Parties as Membership Organisations / Party Membership and Local Implantation / Party Ancillary Organisations and Interest Group Relations / The Role and Functions of Local Party Branches / Demand Side Factors: Party Organisational Strategies / Supply Side Factors: Popular Attitudes towards Parties / ConclusionChapter Six: parties and the state / The State and Party Funding / The State and Party Media Access / ConclusionChapter Seven: ConclusionAppendix 1: Parties and Organisations in the Democratic Left Alliance, May 1997Appendix 2: Parties and Organisations in Solidarity Electoral Action, March 1997BibliographyIndex