HANDBOOK OF PARTY POLITICS, ED. BY RICHARD S KATZ

The **Handbook of Party Politics** is the first book to comprehensively map the state-of-the-art in contemporary party politics scholarship. This major new work brings together the world's leading party theorists to provide an unrivalled resource on the role of parties in the pressing contemporary problems of institutional design and democratic governance today. Introduction / Richard S. Katz And William Crotty -- Part 1: Definition Of Party: What Is A Political Party? / John Kenneth White -- The Nineteenth-century Origins Of Modern Political Parties: He Unwanted Emergence Of Party-based Politics / Susan E. Scarrow -- Party Origins And Evolution In The United States / William Crotty -- Party In Democratic Theory / Richard S. Katz -- Party Systems And Party System Types / Steven Wolinetz -- Party System Change / Peter Mair -- Part 2: Functions Of Party: Political Parties As Mechanisms Of Social Choice / Marjorie Random Hershey -- Recruitment / Pippa Norris -- Candidate Selection: Methods And Consequences / Reuven Y. Hazan And Gideon Rahat -- Political Parties In A Changing Campaign Environment / David M. Farrell -- On He Cusp Of Change: Party Finance In The United States / John Green -- Political Parties, American Campaigns, And Effects On Outcomes / Brian J. Brox And Daron R. Shaw --^ Parties And Government: Features Of Governing In Representative Democracies / Hans Keman -- Parties Into Government: Still Many Puzzles / Lieven De Winter And Patrick Dumont -- Party Patronage And Party Colonization Of The State / Wolfgang C. Muller -- 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 Transition / Zsolt Enyedi -- Party, Ethnicity, And Democratization In Africa / Shaheen Mozaffar -- Part 3: Party Organization: Party Models / Andre 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 4: 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 Carrier Of Ideas / Francesca Vassallo And Clyde Wilcox -- Identifying Dimensions And Locating Parties: Methodological And Conceptual Problems / Ian Budge -- Part 5: Parties And The State: Party Law / Wolfgang C. Muller And Ulrich Sieberer -- Regulation Of Party Finance / Karl-heinz Nassmacher -- Legal Regulation And Protection Of American Parties / Daniel H. Lowenstein --^ Party States And State Politics / Paul G. Lewis -- Part 6: Parties In The Future: The International Role Of Political Parties / Kay Lawson -- The European Union And Political Parties / Robert Ladrech -- Party Transformations: The United States And Western Europe / William Crotty -- Parties In The Media Age / Holli A. Semetko -- Cyber Parties / Helen Margetts. Edited By Richard S. Katz And William Crotty. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. ′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 University ′The study of political parties has never been livelier and this genuinely international Handbook – theoretically rich, comparatively informed, and focused on important questions – defines the field. This volume is both an indispensable summary of what we know and the starting point for future research′ - R K Carty, University of British Columbia ′Political parties are ubiquitous, but their forms and functions vary greatly from regime to regime, from continent to continent, and from era to era. The Handbook of Party Politics captures this variation and richness in impressive ways. The editors have assembled an excellent team, and the scope of the volume is vast and intriguing′ - Kaare Strom, University of California, San Diego Political parties are indispensable to democracy and a central subject of research and study in political science around the world. This major new handbook is the first to comprehensively map the state-of-the-art in contemporary party politics scholarship. The Handbook is designed to: -provide an invaluable survey of the major theories and approaches in this dynamic area of study and research -give students and researchers a concise ′road map′ to the core literatures in all the sub-fields of party related theorizing and research -identify the theories, approaches and topics that define the current ′cutting edge′ of the field. The Handbook is comparative in overall approach but also addresses some topics to be addressed in nationally or regionally specific ways. The resulting collaboration has brought together the world′s leading party theorists to provide an unrivalled resource on the role of parties in the pressing contemporary problems of institutional design and democratic governance today. '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 University Political 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 co Designed to provide a useful survey of the theories and approaches in this dynamic area of study and research, this book gives students and researchers a concise 'road map' to the core literatures in all the sub-fields of party related theorizing and research. It addresses few topics to be addressed in nationally or regionally specific ways Designed to provide a survey of the major theories and approaches in this area of study and research, this book gives a concise 'road map' to the core literatures in the sub-fields of party related theorizing and research, identifying the theories, approaches and topics that define the '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.