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Zusatztext This is a very, very good book, and it constitues a major contribution to party studies. It comes as close as i have yet seen to 'a state of the art' in the field, and is a credit to those editors and to their Summer School work over the years. Party Politics, Volume 10, January 2004 Klappentext The scope and intensity of the challenges currently faced by western European political parties is exceptionally large, threatening the viability of the manner in which they have traditionally operated and causing them to seek new behaviours and strategies. This volume brings together some of the foremost scholars of European party politics, whose evaluation of political parties in 'the new Europe' is organised under four broad headings: Parties as Corporate Actors; Parties and Society; Parties and the State and Parties Beyond the Nation State. Each contributor not only provides a concise, critical review of the theoretical and methodological 'state of the art' in respect of a specific aspect, but also reviews the latest empirical findings in that area. Zusammenfassung This volume brings together some of the foremost scholars of European party politics to discuss the challenges currently faced by western European political parties. Each contributor provides a concise, critical review of the theoretical and methodological 'state of the art' in respect of a specific aspect, and also reviews the latest empirical findings in that area. Inhaltsverzeichnis I Introduction 1: Kurt Richard Luther and Ferdinand Müller-Rommel: Political Parties in a Changing Europe II Parties and Society 2: Russel J. Dalton, Ian McAllister, and Martin Wattenberg: Political Parties and their Publics 3: Thomas Poguntke: Party Organizational Linkage: Parties Without Firm Social Roots? 4: David M. Farrell: Campaign Modernization and the West European Party III Parties as Purposive Organizations 5: Richard S. Katz: The Internal Life of Parties 6: Robert Harmel: Party Organizational Change: Competing Explanations ? 7: Andrea Volkens and Hans-Dieter Klingemann: Parties, Ideologies, and Issues. Stability and Change in Fifteen European Party Systems 1945-1998 IV Parties and National Government 8: Lieven De Winter: Parties and Government Formation, Portfolio Allocation and Policy Definition 9: Hans Keman: Policy-Making Capacities of European Party Government V Parties, The Nation State And Beyond 10: Wolfgang C. Müller: Parties and the Institutional Framework 11: Luciano Bardi: Parties and Party Systems in the European Union VI Conclusion 12: Kurt Richard Luther and Ferdinand Müller-Rommel: Parties and Party Research in the New Europe ...
