Conclusion: Policy-Making in Parties Today

This book sought to examine the process by which policy is developed within political parties, who participates, the factors that shape participation and policy development, and the relationship between the actors involved in the process. It aimed to provide a more nuanced account of the complexities of policy-making within parties than has previously been undertaken, integrating analyses of both party and parliamentary realms in order to assess how parties enable citizen participation in policy-making, and the relevance of this to the everyday actions of legislators. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.