The Routledge Handbook of Political Parties provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of the study of political parties provided by leading experts in the field.
In an era of widespread political disillusionment, political parties are often the main targets of citizen dissatisfaction, yet they are the key institutions that make democracy work. Analysing political parties in unrivalled depth and breath, with comparative thematic chapters throughout, as well as a dedicated section on political parties and party politics in specific country and regional settings, this handbook examines and illuminates the key questions around: how parties organise; how their ideologies have evolved over time; their relationship with society; how they differentiate themselves and how they respond to new social, economic, and political developments.
The Routledge Handbook of Political Parties is essential reading and an authoritative reference for scholars, students, researchers and practitioners involved in and actively concerned about research in the study of political parties, party systems, and party politics.
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
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 Kings College London and Honorary Professor at the University of York, UK
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