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Klappentext 'This thoughtful and wide-ranging review of parties and party research contains contributions from many of the foremost party scholars and is a must for all library shelves'- Richard Luther, Keele UniversityPolitical parties are indispensable to democracy and a central subject of research and study in political science around the world. The Handbook of Party Politics is designed to provide an invaluable survey of the major theories and approaches in this dynamic area of study and research. It give students and researchers a concise `road map' to the core literatures in all the sub-fields of party related theorizing and research, identifying the theories, approaches and topics that define the current `cutting edge' of the field.Political parties are indispensable to democracy and a central subject of research and study in political science around the world. This handbook maps the developments in party politics scholarship. It also addresses some topics to be addressed in nationally or regionally specific ways. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Richard S Katz and William Crotty PART ONE: DEFINITION OF PARTY What is a Political Party? - John Kenneth White The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Modern Political Parties - Susan E Scarrow The Unwanted Emergence of Party-Based Politics Party Origins and Evolution in the United States - William Crotty Party in Democratic Theory - Richard S Katz Political Parties and Deliberative Democracy? - James Johnson Party Systems and Party System Types - Steven Wolinetz PART TWO: FUNCTIONS OF PARTY Political Parties as Mechanisms of Social Choice - Marjorie Randon Hershey Recruitment - Pippa Norris Candidate Selection - Reuven Y Hazan and Gideon Rahat Methods and Consequences Political Parties in a Changing Campaign Environment - David M Farrell On the Cusp of Change - John Green Party Finance in the United States Political Parties, American Campaigns, and Effects on Outcomes - Brian J Brox and Daron R. Shaw Parties and Government - Hans Keman Features of Governing in Representative Democracies Parties into Government - Lieven de Winter and Patrick Dumont Still Many Puzzles Party Patronage and Colonization of the State - Wolfgang C M[um]uller Exceptionalism in the United States - Nicol C Rae Party System Institutionalization and Party System Theory After the Third Wave of Democratization - Scott Mainwaring and Mariano Torcal Party Politics in Post-Communist Transitions - Zsolt Enyedi Party, Ethnicity and Democratization in Africa - Shaheen Mozaffar PART THREE: PARTY ORGANIZATION Party Models - Andr[ac]e Krouwel American Exceptionalism - Alan Ware Movement Parties - Herbert Kitschelt Political Parties as Multi-Level Organizations - Kris Deschouwer Party Membership and Participation - Knut Heidar Electoral Mobilization in the United States - James W Endersby, John R Petrocik and Daron R Shaw Professional Staff in Political Parties - Paul Webb and Robin Kolodny Party Crashers? The Relationship Between Political Consultants and Political Parties - David A Dulio PART FOUR: PARTY AND SOCIETY Party and Social Structure - Peter M Siavelis Cleavages - Peter Mair Political Parties and Social Capital, Political Parties or Social Capital - Eric M Uslaner Political Parties and Social Structure in the Developing World - Vicky Randall Political Parties and Other Organizations - Thomas Poguntke Clientelism and Party Politics - Jonathan Hopkin Party as a Carrier of Ideas - Francesca Vassallo and Clyde Wilcox Identifying Dimensions and Locating Parties - Ian Budge Methodological and Conceptual Problems PART FIVE: PARTIES AND THE STATE Party Law - Wolfgang C M[um]uller and Ulrich Sieberer Regulation of Party Finance - Karl-Heinz Nassmacher Legal Regulation and Protection of American Part...
