The volume provides readers with a current and comprehensive assessment of all aspects important for understanding the Pirate Party, its past successes, and its future prospects. It offers insights into the international background and founding of the Pirate Party of Germany, tracks its development up to spring 2012, and highlights the various challenges the Pirates currently face. Readers will learn where the Pirate voters come from, which social groups they focus on, what political views their voters represent, and what their previous parliamentary work looks like in the Berlin House of Representatives. Additionally, the book examines their organizational structure, party finances, and political personnel, as well as their internal communication and decision-making processes.