Political Parties

Part 1 Parties and what they do: the function of political parties - a critique of the literature and the approach, Howard A. Scarrow (1967); political parties in Western democracies - some skeptical reflections, Anthony King (1969); political parties - the functional and structural approach, William R. Schonfeld (1983). Part 2 Party organization: formalizing and testing Duverger's theories on political parties, Kenneth Janda and Desmond S. King (1985); on the theory of party organizations, Joseph A. Schlesinger (1984); political parties - organization and power, Angelo Panebianco (1988); the "paradox of enrollment" - assessing the costs and benefits of party memberships, Susan E. Scarrow (1994); the evolution of party organizations in Europe - the three faces of party organization, Richard S. Katz and Peter Mair (1993). Part 3 The internal politics: opinion structure of political parties - the special law of curvilinear disparity, John May (1973); the internal politics of parties - the law of curvilinear disparity revisited, Herbert Kitschelt (1989); factionalism in West European political parties - a framework for analysis, David Hine (1982). Part 4 New parties: formation and success of new political parties - a cross-national analysis, R. Harmel and J.D. Rovertson (1995); the silent counter-revolution - hypotheses on the emergence of extreme right-wing parties in Europe, Thomas Poguntke (1987). Part 5 Adaptation and change: party decline in the West - a skeptic's view, H.L. Reiter (1989); an integrated theory of party goals and party change, Robert Harmel and Kenneth Janda (1994); recasting social democracy in Europe - a nested games explanation of strategic adjustment in political parties, T.A. Koelbe (1992); class structure and social democratic party strategy, H. Kitschelt (1993); party system change - the catch-all thesis revisited, Steven B. Wolinetz (1989); changing models of party organization and party democracy - parties and policy, Katz and Mair (1995). Part 6 Parties and policy: activist-leader relations and the structure of political parties - "exchange" models and vote-seeking behaviour in parties, A. Ware (1992); parties, programmes and policies - a comparative and theoretical perspective, Ian Budge (1993); political parties and macroeconomic policy, D.A. Hibbs (1977).