Green parties

Neil Thomas Carter

Green parties

Politics

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Abstract

Green parties are well established in many liberal democracies. The green party family is relatively homogeneous with parties sharing common ideologies, similar origins, party structures, and constituencies of support. Electoral performance is variable – there are around 15 established successful green parties but success elsewhere is limited – and shaped by various structural factors and country-specific political opportunities. Electoral success has brought new pressures on green parties to compromise their radical policies and practices. Green parties have joined or supported government coalitions involving parties of left and right, achieving some policy impact and demonstrating that they are responsible coalition partners.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Editors	James Wright
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	379-384
Number of pages	6
Volume	10
Edition	2nd
ISBN (Print)	9780080970868
Publication status	Published - 27 Mar 2015

Keywords

green parties, Environmental Movements; Environmental Policy: Protection and Regulation; Environmental Sociology; Parliamentary Government; Party Systems.

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