Zmiana systemu partyjnego jako kategoria badań politologicznych
Party System Change as a Category for the Political Science Research

Summary/Abstract: Article is devoted to the study of the concept of party system change in the contemporary political science. The aim of the paper is to determine the essence of the party system change and its role in the process of political transformation. The article deals with the specifics of changes in different party systems. A lot of attention is devoted to the influence the socio-political divisions have on the formation of a party system. The author presents the cases when the actual change in the party system has taken place and where it has not. It is stressed that parties are the main components of the party system, and the evolution of the party system is a function of the changes that occur in the parties.

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