V vazhneyshie periody zhizni Rossii imenno partiynaya pressa okazyvalas' na samom ostrie peremen, ne prosto fiksiruya proiskhodyashchee, a yavlyayas' initsiatorom, a zachastuyu i predvestnikom sobytiy, vliyatel'nym instrumentom v rukakh politikov. Eta kniga - rezul'tat 7 let issledovaniya pressy politicheskikh partiy. V ney vpervye publikuyutsya novye dannye po tselomu ryadu periodicheskikh izdaniy. Partiynaya pressa izuchena v istoricheskom kontekste, s aktsentom na osobennosti ee funktsionirovaniya na kazhdom etape. Uchtena ee tesnaya vzaimosvyaz' s politicheskoy sistemoy, obshchey sistemoy pechati i razvitiem novykh SMI. Uroven' razvitiya partiynoy pechati - indikator politicheskoy konkurentsii v strane, i, vo mnogom, indikator zrelosti vzaimodeystviya politicheskikh institutov s grazhdanami. Materialy monografii zainteresuyut tekh, kto zanimaetsya izucheniem politicheskoy istorii Rossii, istorii zhurnalistiki, razvitiem politicheskikh organizatsiy i ikh kommunikativnykh strategiy.