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In representative democracies, political parties organize the public will, giving expression to political differences in society (see Katz and Mair 1995; Klingemann, Hofferbert, and Budge 1994; Sartori 1967). Parties can also deepen democracy by broadening the connections between representatives and constituents, helping to hold political institutions accountable and increasing the participation of previously marginalized groups (see Costain 2005; Kitschelt 1993; Shugart 1994; Kittilson and Tate 2005; Young 2000).

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION Regulating Political Parties: European Democracies in Comparative Perspective -- CHAPTER 1 Democracy and the Legal Regulation of Political Parties -- CHAPTER 2 Dilemmas of Regulating Political Finance, with Special Reference to the Dutch Case -- CHAPTER 3 Lessons from the Past: Party Regulation in the Netherlands -- CHAPTER 4 The Constitutionalization of Political Parties in Post-war Europe1 -- CHAPTER 5 Party Laws in Comparative Perspective -- CHAPTER 6 Explaining Legislative Conflict over the Adoption of Political Financing Law in the European Union -- CHAPTER 7 The SGP Case: Did it Really (Re)Launch the Debate on Party Regulation in the Netherlands? -- CHAPTER 8 Will it All End in Tears? What Really Happens when Democracies Use Law to Ban Political Parties -- CHAPTER 9 Ethnic Party Regulation in Eastern Europe -- CHAPTER 10 On the Engineerability of Political Parties: Evidence from Mexico -- About the authors -- Index.

Arguing that a complete understanding of the functioning of modern liberal democracies entails analysis of the challenges facing political parties, key findings from empirical political science are reviewed & directions for future theory & research are outlined. Focus is on recent changes within & between Western European polities -- particularly those related to European integration -- & the challenges these pose for political party functioning as purposive organizations, including shifts in political values, national political cultures, socioeconomic transformations, the structures of political communication, & political issues & policy agendas. The mobilization & linkage functions of political parties in relation to the wider society are explored, along with parties' internal structure, organization, & behavior. Figures. K. Hyatt Stewart

In this article we have attempted to improve our understanding of the influence of various factors, such as the level of organizational resources, age, ideology and values, on the digitalization of political parties oriented towards participation and resource mobilization. To do this, we use version four of the Political Party Database Round (PPDB) (2022), which covers 187 parties in 26 European countries. We focus on 10 of the largest party families. The data and variables have been analyzed using various descriptive and inferential statistics. The results indicate an important level of similarity between political parties in the adoption of digital instruments. The level of resources, age and ideology, and values associated with the different party families present important explanatory and predictive limitations. We consider that the indicated results may be a consequence of a process of institutional isomoformism.