The Handbook of Party Politics is designed to provide an invaluable survey of the major theories and approaches in this dynamic area of study and research. It gives students and researchers a concise ‘road map’ to the core literatures in all the sub-fields of party related theorizing and research, identifying the theories, approaches and topics that define the current ‘cutting edge’ of the field. Handbook of Party Politics is comparative in overall approach but also addresses some topics to be addressed in nationally or regionally specific ways. The resulting collaboration has brought together the world’s leading party theorists to provide an unrivalled resource on the role of parties in the pressing contemporary problems of institutional design and democratic governance today.