Political parties in the twenty-first century / Kay Lawson and Peter H. Merkl -- Britain’s new Labour party : prospering in an antiparty climate / David McKay -- Sweden : still a stable party system? / Tommy Moller -- European social democracy : failing successfully / William E. Paterson and James Sloam -- Poland’s democratic left alliance : beyond postcommunist succession / Hironim Kubiak -- Lithuanian Social Democrats : a prosperous postcommunist party / Algis Krupavicius -- Uruguayan party system : transition within transition / Jorge Lanzaro -- Germany’s Christian Democrats : survivors in a secular society / Frank Bosch -- Japan : why parties fail, yet survive / Haruhiro Fukui -- Russia’s political parties : deep in the shadow of the president / Anotoly Kulik -- Mexico : helping the opposition prosper / Mark A. Martinez -- Israel ’s Shas : party prosperity and dubious democracy / Yael Yishai -- Chile : from individual politics to party militancy / Alfredo Joignant and Patricio Navia -- Italy : a tale of two parties / Gianfranco Pasquino -- France : antisystem parties vs. government parties / Florence Haegel and Marc Lazar -- The US two-party system : using power to prosper / Robin Kolodny -- Becoming the party of government / Peter H. Merkl -- When parties dedemocratize / Kay Lawson.