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.

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Prof. Dr. Elmar Wiesendahl taught political science at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich.