Contents: Preface
1. A crisis for representative democracy? An Introduction
2. Selected countries and party systems: Similarities and contrasts
3. Empirical approach to studying party system change: Data and measurements
4. Ideological contestation in western European party systems
5. Conflict levels in western European party systems
6. Parties, voters, and representation
7. Public policies and globalization
8. Conclusions: Polarizing party systems and converging policymaking
References
Index.