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INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 UNTHINKABLE DEMOCRACY: POLITICAL CHANGE IN ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES PART I PARTIES IN THE ELECTORATE CHAPTER 2 THE DECLINE OF PARTY IDENTIFICATIONS CHAPTER 3 THE CONSEQUENCES OF PARTISAN DEALIGNMENT CHAPTER 4 THE DECLINE OF PARTY MOBILIZATION PART II PARTIES AS POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS CHAPTER 5 PARTIES WITHOUT MEMBERS? PARTY ORGANIZATION IN A CHANGING ELECTORAL ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER 6 POLITICAL PARTIES AS CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATIONS CHAPTER 7 FROM SOCIAL INTEGRATION TO ELECTORAL CONTESTATION: THE CHANGING DISTRIBUTION OF POWER WITHIN POLITICAL PARTIES PART III PARTIES IN GOVERNMENT CHAPTER 8 PARTIES IN LEGISLATURE: TWO COMPETING EXPLANATIONS CHAPTER 9 PARTIES AT THE CORE OF GOVERNMENT CHAPTER 10 FROM PLATFORM DECLARATIONS TO POLICY OUTCOMES: CHANGING PARTY PROFILES AND PARTISAN INFLUENCE OVER POLICY CHAPTER 11 ON THE PRIMACY OF PARTY IN GOVERNMENT: WHY LEGISLATIVE PARTIES CAN SURVIVE PARTY DECLINE IN THE ELECTORATE CONCLUSION CHAPTER 12 PARTISAN CHANGE AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS