Table of Contents

1: Introduction
2: Analyzing Party Reform
3: The Internal Drivers of Party Reform
4: Competitive Pressures for Reform
5: Systemic Pressures for Reform
6: Comparative Patterns of Reform
7: The Process of Reform: When the Problem Becomes the Solution
8: The Protagonists of Reform
9: The Challenges and Consequences of Party Reform

About the Author

Anika Gauja is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government and International Relations at Sydney University, teaching in Comparative and Australian politics. Her research interests focus on the comparative analysis of political institutions in modern representative democracies. Her publications include The Politics of Party Policy (2013, Palgrave Macmillan), Political Parties and Elections (2010, Ashgate), and Party Members and
Activists (co-edited with Emilie van Haute, 2015, Routledge).