Workshop on “Party Politics and Democracy: A Cross-road between Academics and Practitioners?” at the School of Politics and International Relations (University of Nottingham) with the following participants: Nicole Bolleyer (Exeter University), Fernando Casal Bértoa (University of Nottingham), Susan Dodsworth (Oxford University), Cees van der Eijk (University of Nottingham), Zsolt Enyedi (Central European University), Tim Haughton (University of Birmingham), Beata Martin-Roumilowicz (IFES), Martin Mölder (Central European University), Carlotta Redi (Conservative Party International Office), Lise Storm (Exeter University), and Marcin Walecki (ODIHR)