1st Edition

New Politics In Western Europe The Rise And Success Of Green Parties And Alternative Lists

Edited By Ferdinand Muller-Rommel Copyright 1989
    238 Pages
    by Routledge

    238 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book provides an introduction to the green party phenomenon in Western Europe that will enable the student of comparative politics to acquire detailed understanding of the green parties and to compare them meaningfully across countries.

    Preface -- Comparative Introduction -- Green Parties and Alternative Lists under Cross–National Perspective -- Case Studies -- Austria: The United Greens and the Alternative List/Green Alternative -- Belgium: The Ecologists and AGALEV -- Denmark: De Grønne -- Federal Republic of Germany: Die Grünen -- Finland: The Vihreät -- France: Les Verts -- Great Britain: The Green Party -- Italy: The Liste Verdi -- Ireland: The Green Alliance -- Luxembourg: The Greng Alternative -- Sweden: The Miljöpartiet de Gröna -- Switzerland: The Green and Alternative Parties -- Europe: The Greens and the Rainbow Group in the European Parliament -- Comparative Conclusion -- The New Politics Dimension in European Green Parties -- Modernization, Cleavage Structures, and the Rise of Green Parties and Lists in Europe -- Addresses of Green Party Headquarters