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 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.