Garner, Ferdinand & Lawson: Introduction to Politics 
Expanded case studies from the book
Chapter summariesGarner, Ferdinand & Lawson: Introduction to Politics
Chapter 11
www.idea.int/vt
Comprehensive source of information on voter turnout around the world.
www.psr.keele.ac.uk/parties.htm
Compendium to websites of political parties, social movements, and interest groups around the world.
www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-open_politics/article_2312.jsp
Paul Hilder, 'Open parties? A map of 21st century democracy'. Discusses alternative possible future organizational forms.
repositories.cdlib.org/csd/05-06
Peter Mair, 'Democracy Beyond Parties', Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine, 2005. Discusses the changing politics of the party.
www.bepress.com/wpsr/vol3/iss3/art1/
Giovanni M. Carbone (2007), 'Political Parties and Party Systems in Africa: Themes and Research', World Political Science Review 3(3). A recent attempt to systematize African political parties.
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