Richard S Katz is Professor of Political Science at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and is currently completing a major study on theories of democracy and electoral systems.

Peter Mair is Professor of Political Science and Comparative Politics at the University of Leiden, and is co-editor of the European Journal of Political Research.

Richard S Katz and Peter Mair are also co-editors of Party Organizations: A Data Handbook (Sage, 1992).

Contributors

Katz & Mair: How Parties Organize

Luciano Bardi Universita di Bologna

Lars Bille University of Copenhagen

Kris Deschouwer Vrije Universiteit Brussel

David Farrell University of Manchester

Ruud Koole University of Leiden

Leonardo Morlino Universita di Firenze

Wolfgang C Muller Universitat Wien

Jon Pierre Goteborgs Universitet

Thomas Poguntke Universitat Mannheim

Jan Sundberg University of Helsinki

Lars Svasand University of Bergen

Paul Webb Brunel University

Anders Widfeldt Goteborgs Universitet

Party Organizations - Peter Mair
From Civil Society to the State
Party Organization as an Empty Vessel - Richard S Katz and Robin Kolodny
Parties in American Politics
The Development of Austrian Party Organizations in the Post-war Period - Wolfgang C M[um]uller
The Decline of Consociationalism and the Reluctant Modernization of Belgian Mass Parties - Kris Deschouwer
Party Organizational Change in Britain - Paul D Webb
The Iron Law of Centralization?
Denmark - Lars Bille
The Decline of the Membership Party?
Finland - Jan Sundberg
Nationalized Parties, Professionalized Organizations
Parties in a Legalistic Culture - Thomas Poguntke
The Case of Germany
Ireland - David M Farrell
Centralization, Professionalization and Competitive Pressures
Italy - Luciano Bardi and Leonardo Morlino
Tracing the Roots of the Great Transformation
The Vulnerability of the Modern Cadre Party in the Netherlands - Ruud A Koole
Change and Adaptation in Norwegian Party Organizations - Lars Sv[a with a circle on the top]asand
Party Organizations in Sweden - Jon Pierre and Anders Widfeldt
Colossuses with Feet of Clay or Flexible Pillars of Government?
Transnational Party Federations, European Parliamentary Party Groups and the Building of Europarties - Luciano Bardi