The study of party organization has gained a new momentum during the last few years. A new wave of studies not only have restated the importance of this concept for party politics, but also expanded the number of and breadth of datasets available for political scientists. From edited books which mostly offer chapters based single cases, the study of party organization has moved towards large comparative studies and 'big data' projects. Within this recent scholarly trend we bring a fresh theoretical and empirical approach to party organization. The studies in this special issue cover both old and new concepts in party organization and bring new data sets to the research community. In what follows we review the state of the field, outline our contribution and conclude with open questions for research.
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