TY - BOOK AU - Wiesendahl,Elmar ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Political Party Research: An Overview SN - 9783658439828 AV - JF20-1177 PY - 2024/// CY - Wiesbaden PB - Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Imprint: Springer KW - Comparative government KW - Political science KW - Political sociology KW - Elections KW - Europe KW - Politics and government KW - Communication in politics KW - Comparative Politics KW - Political Theory KW - Political Sociology KW - Electoral Politics KW - European Politics KW - Political Communication N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-43982-8 ER -