Michael O’Neill 
Green Parties and Political Change in Contemporary Europe [EPUB ebook] 
New Politics, Old Predicaments

Published in 1997, This book offers an up-to-date guide to the Green parties of Western Europe as the optimism of the 1980s confronts the ‚Green fatigue‘ of the 1990s. The approach is both thematic and comparative. Green politics in Europe is located in its historical and cultural context. There is a comparative analysis of the principal ideological questions , policy issues and strategic dilemmas that have confronted the European Greens. There are national profiles of Green politics throughout the European Union. The conclusion addresses the critical issue of political change in post industrial societies. It discusses the contribution of Green parties to the ‚New Politics‘ and assesses their likely impact on post-modern politics