Green parties in transition : the end of grass-roots democracy? / ed. by E. Gene Frankland ... [and others].

Includes index.

From amateur-activist to professional-electoral parties? : on the organizational transformation of green parties in western democracies / Paul Lucardie and Benoît Rihoux -- 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!) : two institutionalized green parties with parallel but different stories / Jo Buelens and Pascal Delwitt -- The Irish greens / George Taylor and Brendan Flynn -- Switzerland : the Green Party and the alternative greens / Andreas Ladner and Michael Brändle -- Struggling to become competitive : the organizational evolution of the Austrian greens / Volkmar Lauber -- Sweden : Miljöpartiet de Gröna / Jon Burchell -- Amateurs and professional activists : De Groenen and Groenlinks in the Netherlands / Gerrit Voerman and Paul Lucardie -- Experimental evolution down under : thirty years of green party development in Australia and New Zealand / Christine Dann -- Green party organization in Britain : change and continuity / Wolfgang Rüdig -- The Canadian greens : veering away from grassroots democracy so soon? / Anita Krajnc and Jacqueline Sharp -- Greens in the USA / John C. Berg -- The metamorphosis of amateur-activist newborns into professional-activist centaurs / Benoît Rihoux and E. Gene Frankland.