Green parties in transition
Subtitle: the end of grass-roots democracy?
By: edited by E. Gene Frankland, Paul Lucardie, and Benoît Rihoux.
Contributors: Frankland, E. Gene.; Lucardie, Paul, 1946-; Rihoux, Benoît, 1965-
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780754674290
Subjects: Green movement -- Cross-cultural studies; Political parties -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: From amateur-activist to professional-electoral parties? : on the organizational transformation of green parties in western democracies / Paul Lucardie and Benoît Rihoux; title: The evolution of the greens in Germany : from amateurism to professionalism / E. Gene Frankland; title: The French greens : changes in activist culture and practices in a constraining environment / Bruno Villalba; title: The Finnish greens : from "alternative" grass-roots movement(s) to a governmental party / Jukka Paastela; title: Belgium : Ecolo and Agalev (Groen!) : two institutionalized green parties with parallel but different stories / Jo Buelens and Pascal Delwitt; title: The Irish greens / George Taylor and Brendan Flynn; title: Switzerland : the Green Party and the alternative greens / Andreas Ladner and Michael Brändle; title: Struggling to become competitive : the organizational evolution of the Austrian greens / Volkmar Lauber; title: Sweden : Miljöpartiet de Gröna / Jon Burchell; title: Amateurs and professional activists : De Groenen and Groenlinks in the Netherlands / Gerrit Voerman and Paul Lucardie; title: Experimental evolution down under : thirty years of green party development in Australia and New Zealand / Christine Dann; title: Green party organization in Britain : change and continuity / Wolfgang Rüdig; title: The Canadian greens : veering away from grassroots democracy so soon? / Anita Krajnc and Jacqueline Sharp; title: Greens in the USA / John C. Berg; title: The metamorphosis of amateur-activist newborns into professional-activist centaurs / Benoît Rihoux and E. Gene Frankland.