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List of contents
Introduction by Kay Lawson
How Internal Party Democracy Works--or Does Not"Basisdemokratie" and Political Realities: The German Green Party by Thomas Poguntke
The Formal vs. Informal Rules of French Political Parties by Andrew Appleton
Overcoming the Iron Law?: The Role of Policy Committees in the New Zealand Labor Party by Geoffrey Debnam
How Leadership and Organization InteractIParty Organization as a Network of Relations: The Republican Party of Illinois by Mildred Schwartz
Party Leadership in Theory and in Norway: An Entrepreneurial Perspective by Karen Strom
Factionalism in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan by David Morris
How Internal Organization Affects External PerformanceParty Organization and Policy Making in a Changing Environment: The Indian National Congress by Subatra Mitra
The Internal Dynamics of Local Party Sections in Belgium and Their External Effectiveness by Kris Deschouwer
Interest Parties: The Thin Line between Groups and Parties in the Israeli Electoral Process by Yael Yishai
How External Events Cause Changes in Internal OrganizationPolitical Parties in the New Czech and Slovak Federal Republic: Their New Legal Framework and Their Actual Activities by Josef Blahoz
From Communist Party to "The Socialdemocracy of the Polish Republic" by Jerzy Wiater
The Sources of Party Change: The Social Democratic Parties of Britain, France, Germany and Spain by Frank Wilson
ConclusionToward a Theory of How Political Parties Work by Kay Lawson
Index
About the author
KAY LAWSON is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University. She is the author of several books, including
Political Parties and Democracy in the United States (1968) and
The Human Polity: An Introduction to Political Science (1984).
