Introduction: political parties and democracy in Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia. -- Britain. -- France. -- Germany. -- Italy. -- The Netherlands. -- Japan. -- South Korea. -- Thailand. -- Indonesia. -- The Philippines. -- Conclusion: toward the elaboration of a general theory of parties - the cases of Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia.

1. Political parties -- Europe
2. West
3. political science
4. Democracy -- Europe
5. West
6. Democracy -- Asia
7. Political parties -- Asia