Political Party Research: An Overview

The book by the well-known German party researcher Elmar Wiesendahl presents the development, theoretical perspectives, research approaches, and fields of investigation in party research in light of the state of the art. The book by the well-known German party researcher Elmar Wiesendahl presents the development, theoretical perspectives, research approaches, and fields of investigation in party research in light of the state of the art. The content:Foundations and conditions of party research • Characterization and definition of political parties • Party functions and functional analysis of political parties • Research on political party change • Typological party research • Approaches to party organization research • Research on the organizational life of parties • Research on party systems • Research on party democracy and party-state power• Future perspectives of party research in Germany. The author:Prof. Dr. Elmar Wiesendahl taught political science at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.