Green Parties in Transition : The End of Grass-roots Democracy? (Hardcover)

Contents: Preface, BenoA®t Rihoux, Paul Lucardie and E. Gene Frankland; Part 1 Introduction: From amateur-activist to professional-electoral parties? On the organizational transformation of Green parties in Western democracies, Paul Lucardie and BenoA®t Rihoux. Part 2 Green Parties with National Governmental Experience: The evolution of the Greens in Germany: from amateurism to professionalism, E. Gene Frankland; The French Greens: changes in activist culture and practices in a constraining environment, Bruno Villalba; The Finnish Greens: from 'alternative' grass-roots movement(s) to a governmental party, Jukka Paastela; Belgium: Ecolo and Agalev (Groen!): 2 institutionalized Green parties with parallel but different stories, Jo Buelens and Pascal Delwit; The Irish Greens, George Taylor and Brendan Flynn. Part 3 Green Parties with a National Parliamentary Relevance: Switzerland: the Green Party, alternative and liberal Greens, Andreas Ladner and Michael BrA¤ndle; Struggling to become competitive: the organizational evolution of the Austrian Greens, Volkmar Lauber; Sweden: MiljA¶partiet de GrA¶na, Jon Burchell; Amateurs and professional activists: De Groenen and GroenLinks in the Netherlands, Paul Lucardie and Gerrit Voerman. Part 4 Green Parties with Little or No National Parliamentary Presence: Experimental evolution down under: 30 years of Green Party development in Australia and New Zealand, Christine Dann; Green party organization in Britain: change and continuity, Wolfgang RA¼dig; The Canadian Greens: veering away from grassroots democracy so soon?, Jacqueline Sharp and Anita Krajnc; Greens in the USA, John C. Berg. Part 5 Conclusion: Conclusion: the metamorphosis of amateur-activist newborns into professional-activist centaurs, BenoA®t Rihoux and E. Gene Frankland; Index.