Table of Contents

1: Paul Webb: Introduction: Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies
2: Paul Webb: Political Parties in Britain: Secular Decline or Adaptive Resilience?
3: Change and Functionality Luciano Bardi: Italian Parties
4: Susan E. Scarrow: Party Decline in the Parties State? The Changing Environment of German Politics
5: Andrew Knapp: France: Never a Golden Age
6: Kris Deschouwer: The Colour Purple: The End of Predictable Politics in the Low Countries
7: Jan Sundberg: The Scandinavian Party Model at the Crossroads
8: R. J. Murphy and David M. Farrell: Party Politics in Ireland: Regularizing a Volatile System
9: Ian Holliday: Spain: Building a Parties State in a New Democracy
10: Simon Hix: Parties at the European Level
11: John C. Green: Still Functional After All These Years: Parties in America, 1960-2000
12: R. Kenneth Carty: Canada's 19th Century Cadre Parties at the Millennium
13: Ian McAllister: Political Parties in Australia: Party Stability in a Utilitarian Society
14: Jack Vowles: Parties and Society in New Zealand
15: Paul Webb: Conclusion: Political Parties and Democratic Control in Advanced Industrial Societies