PART 1 Definitions and party evolution - 1. Party change beyond the classical models? The role of agency, context, and democracy / Oscar Mazzoleni and Reinhard Heinisch -- 2. Parties and partisanship in political theory / Alfred Moore -- 3. Party systems and party system change / Zsolt Enyedi and Fernando Casal Bértoa
PART 2 Party as an organization - 4. Party organization / Anika Gauja -- 5. Party membership / Susan E. Scarrow and Paul D. Webb -- 6. Party finance / Daniela R. Piccio -- 7. Party institutionalisation / Nicole Bolleyer -- 8. Political parties and social movements / Myrto Tsakatika -- 9. Political parties and gender / Tània Verge
PART 3 Party ideology and party families - 10. Cleavage politics in the twenty-first century / James Dennison and Sophia Hunger -- 11. The far right / Daphne Halikiopoulou -- 12. The centre-right: Christian Democrats, Conservatives and Liberals / Marija Taflaga -- 13. Liberal parties / Caroline Close and Thomas Legein -- 14. Social democracy / Björn Bremer -- 15. Radical left parties / Daniel Keith and Luke March -- 16. Green parties / Neil Carter
PART 4 Party competition and representation - 17. Party strategies: valence versus position / Agnes Magyar, Sarah Wagner and Roi Zur -- 18. Issue competition and agenda setting / Christoffer Green-Pedersen -- 19. Niche parties and party competition / Markus Wagner -- 20. Parties in government and in coalitions / Zachary Greene and Despina Alexiadou -- 21. Parties and representation / Jae-Jae Spoon -- 22. Personalisation and political parties / Helene Helboe Pedersen
PART 5 Contemporary issues and challenges - 23. Populism and parties / Stijn van Kessel -- 24. Parties and climate change / Conor Little -- 25. Parties and immigration / Pontus Odmalm -- 26. Parties and European integration / Sofia Vasilopoulou -- 27. Parties, issues and gender / Hilde Coffé, Miki Caul Kittilson, Bonnie M. Meguid and Ana Catalano Weeks -- 28. Post-conflict political parties / Carrie Manning and Gyda M. Sindre -- 29 Clientelism and political parties / Sergiu Gherghina and Clara Volintiru
PART 6 Regional comparisons - 30. Political parties in Russia and post-Soviet states / Neil Robinson -- 31. Political parties in East Asia / Ko Maeda -- 32. Political parties in Southeast Asia / Andreas Ufen -- 33. Political parties in Latin America / Saskia P. Ruth-Lovell -- 34. Political parties in Sub-Saharan Africa / Matthijs Bogaards -- 35. Political parties in North Africa / Lise Storm -- 36. Political parties in the Arab Middle East / Hendrik Jan Kraetzschmar and Valeria Resta -- 37. Political parties in India / Indrajit Roy and Maya Tudor
PART 7 Methods for estimating party preferences - 38. Text analysis of party manifestos / Daniela Braun -- 39. Voting advice applications / Frederico Ferreira da Silva and Diego Garzia -- 40. Expert surveys in party research / Maurits J. Meijers and Nina Wiesehomeier