Prof. Dr. Elmar Wiesendahl taught political science at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich.

Foundations and conditions of party research.- Characterization and definition of political parties.- Party functions and functional analysis of political parties.- Research on political party change.- Typological party research.- Approaches to party organization research.- Research on the organizational life of parties .- Research on party systems.- Research on party democracy  and party-state power¿ Future perspectives of party research in Germany.

The book by the well-known German party researcher Elmar Wiesendahl presents the development, theoretical perspectives, research approaches, and fields of investigation in party research in light of the state of the art.