pt. 1. The origin and development of parties: The origin and development of political parties / by Joseph LaPalombara and Myron Weiner -- Parties, elites, and political developments in Western Europe / by Hans Daalder -- Parties and nation-building in America / by William N. Chambers -- The development of parties in Turkey / by Dankwart A. Rustow -- pt. 2. Party systems and their transformation: European political parties: the case of polarized pluralism / by Giovanni Sartori -- The transformation of the Western European party systems / by Otto Kirchheimer -- The decline of the party in single- party African states / by Immanuel Wallerstein -- pt. 3. Parties and the crises of political development: Political recruitment and participation in Egypt / by Leonard Binder -- Electoral mobilization, party competition, and national integration / by Rupert Emerson -- Political parties and the crisis of succession in the United States: the case of 1800 / by Morton Grodzins -- pt. 4. Parties and governmental performance: Political parties and policy- making in Latin America / by Robert E. Scott -- Party systems and national development in Asia / by Lucian W. Pye -- Conclusion: The impact of parties on political development / by Myron Weiner and Joseph LaPalombara.