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European political parties have been recruiting members of over a century. However, 'parties without partisans' are conceivable today. Clearly, parties are changing, whether they are mutating, adapting or declining. In this context, it is crucial to understand the changes which affect party membership. It may indirectly affect the capacity of parties to perform their various functions in representative democraties. This book aims at contributing to three major topics related to the study of party membership. The first part of the book is dedicated to the analysis of the general trends in party membership across Europe in a comparative and long-term perspective. In the second part of the book, the contributions focus on the demand side, i.e. on parties and their assessment of membership, based on case studies. The final part of the book reverses the focus and examines party membership at the micro level (supply side), based on interviews and party membership surveys.

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