Parliamentary Politics and the Development of the Green Party in West Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6401773 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Gene Frankland (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 386-411 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500049743 |
| OpenAlex | W2145288899 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 22 |
This study deals with the experiences of the Greens (Die Griinen) during the 1980's as a “new” party in West German state and federal parliaments and specifically with the Green parliamentary groups' relationships with the movement-party. The founders of the Greens sought to organize as a decentralized, participatory democracy. Accordingly, they developed rules to hinder the emergence of a professionalized leadership and to restrict the autonomy of parliamentary groups. Utilizing a comparative approach, the author investigates the extent to which the Greens have become “parliamentarized” by the normalizing forces of the established system at state and federal levels. This study relates the Greens' developmental experiences to the “classic” observations of Duverger, Michels, and others about modern party development. Finally, it reviews the recent perspectives of various intraparty groups about the future of the Greens
Autonomy · Citizen journalism · Democracy · Federal state · Geography · German · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Public Administration
Parties and party systems
Parties and Party Systems
Political Parties
Political Parties in Western Democracies
Parlamentarische Opposition
Green Politics and Alternative Economics
On comparing legislatures
Parliament in the German Political System
The Green Party in Contemporary West German Politics
Opposition in Western Europe
Political parties
The political system of the Federal Republic of Germany
Left-Libertarian Parties
The Role of the Greens in West German Parliamentary Politics, 1980–87
Institutionalization of Parliament and Parliamentarization of Parties in Italy
The organization of a participatory party – the German Greens
Formalizing and Testing Duverger's Theories on Political Parties
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |