Parties and democracy

the long version

"This book is a comprehensive examination of the changing significance of party organisation in established and emergent democracies. The volume assembles a galaxy of the leading writers in the field to survey the changing significance of parties in old and new democracies. The book is distinctive in focusing on a wide range of aspects of party - on institutional structure, on social base, on performance, and on the connections between all of these."--BOOK JACKET.