Monografiya posvyashchena issledovaniyu evolyutsii politicheskikh partiy v regionakh sovremennoy Rossii v 1991-2008 gg. V rabote proanalizirovany metodologicheskie podkhody klassikov politicheskoy nauki, sovremennykh zarubezhnykh i rossiyskikh uchenykh- partologov. Osnovnoe vnimanie udeleno institutsional'nym aspektam funktsionirovaniya politicheskikh partiy, faktoram i osobennostyam ikh razvitiya v regional'nom politicheskom protsesse na primere Respubliki Buryatiya. Monografiya prednaznachena dlya spetsialistov v oblasti politicheskoy nauki, politicheskoy regionalistiki, politicheskoy sotsiologii, studentov- politologov i vsekh tekh, kto interesuetsya politicheskimi partiyami v regionakh postsovetskoy Rossii.