Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Defining 'political party'; The three faces of party organisations; The structure of parties; The role of parties in democratic states; The crisis of parties; Outline of the book; 2 Party Systems; The importance of understanding party systems; Early approaches to party systems; Party system typologies; The effective number of parties; Explaining party system variation; Which party system is best?; Conclusion; 3 Theories of Party Development; The 'internal' and 'external' origins of parties.
Contents: An alternative view of the emergence of political partiesUnderstanding party types; Cadre parties to mass parties; Challenging the mass party model: the catch-all party; Organisational consequences of the catch-all party: the electoral-professional party model; The cartel party; Conclusion: Beyond the cartel -- beyond party types?; 4 Ideology; On ideology and party politics; Political cleavages; Party families; Ideology in contemporary European party politics; Party ideology beyond Europe; United States; India; Africa; Conclusion; 5 Party Members, Activists and Supporters.
Contents: Defining party member, activist and supporterThe rise (and fall?) of party members; Why members?; Party membership incentives: supply; Leadership incentives: demand; The costs of a membership organisation; Explaining and reversing decline; The effects of membership decline; Conclusion; 6 Candidate Selection; The importance of candidate selection; Selecting candidates; The political system; National legislation; The candidate selection process: impact of different methods; Territorial (de- ) centralisation and in/exclusiveness of the selectorate; Supply and demand; Supply; Demand; Conclusion.
Contents: 7 Policy MakingWho should be involved?; The normative argument against intra-party democracy; The normative argument for intra-party democracy; Pragmatic arguments against intra-party democracy; Pragmatic argument for intra-party democracy; Who can be involved in policy making?; Who wants to be involved in policy making?; Who are involved in policy making?; Conclusion; 8 Campaigning; How campaigning has changed; First era; Second Era; Third Era; The limits of change; Drivers of change; Social changes; Technological change; Party-specific issues; Impact of changes; Financing; Conclusion.
Contents: 9 GovernmentDeciding to aim for government office; Getting into government -- coalitions; Factors impacting on coalition formation; Portfolio allocation; Conclusion; 10 The Internationalisation of Party Politics; Party Internationals; The First, Second, Fourth and Socialist Internationals; The Liberal International; International Democratic Union; Communist International (Comintern); Europarties; The Development of Europarties; Limits to the development of Europarties; Parties and globalization; The internationalisation of campaign consultancy; Conclusion; 11 The Future of Party Politics.