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This handbook provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of the study of political parties provided by leading experts in the field.
List of contents
Introduction to the handbook
Part 1: Definitions and party evolution 1. Party change beyond the 'classical models?' The role of agency, context, and democracy 2. Parties and partisanship in political theory 3. Party systems and party system change
Part 2: Party as an organization 4. Party organization 5. Party membership 6. Party finance 7. Party institutionalisation 8. Political parties and social movements 9. Political parties and gender
Part 3: Party ideology and party families 10. Cleavage politics in the twenty-first century 11.The far right 12. The centre-right: Christian Democrats, Conservatives and Liberals 13. Liberal Parties 14. Social Democracy 15. Radical left parties 16. Green parties
Part 4: Party competition and representation 17. Party strategies: valence versus position 18. Issue competition and agenda setting 19. Niche parties and party competition 20. Parties in government and in coalitions 21. Parties and representation 22. Personalisation and political parties
Part 5: Contemporary issues and challenges 23. Populism and parties 24. Parties and climate change 25. Parties and immigration 26. Parties and European integration 27. Parties, issues and gender 28. Post-conflict political parties 29. Clientelism and political parties
Part 6: Regional comparisons 30. Political parties in Russia and post-Soviet states 31. Political parties in East Asia 32. Political parties in Southeast Asia 33. Political parties in Latin America 34. Political parties in Sub-Saharan Africa 35. Political parties in North Africa 36. Political parties in the Arab Middle East 37. Political parties in India
Part 7: Methods for estimating party preferences 38. Text analysis of party manifestos 39. Voting Advice Applications 40. Expert surveys in party research
About the author
Neil Carter is Professor of Politics at the University of York, UK.
Daniel Keith is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of York, UK.
Gyda M. Sindre is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of York, UK.
Sofia Vasilopoulou is Professor of European Politics at King's College London and Honorary Professor at the University of York, UK
