This book offers a critical and comparative examination of international support to political parties and party systems in emerging and prospective new democracies in several world regions. It combines the insights of a strong international grouping of leading academics and pioneering doctoral studies, and draws on extensive new field work inquiries. The wide-ranging coverage pools evidence from countries in Europe and Eurasia, Africa, East Asia and Central America. The book shows how far international support still has to go if it is to achieve its aims of helping party politics make a constructive contribution to furthering democracy. It advances our understanding both of the role the political parties are playing in the different polities and the sometimes negative impact of democracy promotion actors from outside.

1. Introduction: Promoting Party Politics in Emerging Democracies Peter Burnell and André Gerrits 2. Party Politics in Georgia and Ukraine and the Failure of Western Political Party Assistance Max Bader 3. The Consequences of Partisanship in Party Aid: The Case of Serbia Marlene Spoerri 4. Challenges and Contradictions in Promoting Political Moderation in the Balkans: The Case of Bosnia Herzegovina John Hulsey 5. An Uneasy Symbiosis: The Impact of International Administration on Political Parties in Post-Conflict Countries Maja Nenadovic 6. "Sons of War": Parties, Party Systems and the International Community in Post-War El Salvador and Cambodia Jeroen de Zeeuw 7. Democracy Promotion in Mixed Regimes: The Role of Party Aid in Morocco Nicole Bolleyer and Lise Storm 8. Political Party Assistance in Transition: Germany's Stiftungen in sub-Saharan Africa Kristina W. Seissenbach 9. In Search of the Impact of International Support for Political Parties in New Democracies: Malawi and Zambia Compared Lise Rakner and Lars Svasand 10. Conclusion: Party Assistance and Political Party Research Gero Erdmann