Overview
Makes a significant and timely contribution to the literature on Green parties, bringing it up to date with the events following the 2015 general election
Uses the Green Party study as a way to develop our understanding of British politics more generally, especially regarding voter demographics and how voters choose
Outlines the challenges and opportunities for the Green Party in the future
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book explains how the Greens went from obscurity to England’s third largest party in just one year, quadrupling their vote share and securing their place in Britain’s refigured party system on the way. Sophisticated quantitative analyses of the Greens’ voters and members as well as interviews with all of the leading party insiders are used to explain how internal dynamics, changing political opportunities and a forgotten portion of the electorate resulted in an unprecedented ‘Green Surge’ that defied decades of British party membership decline and a lack of historic far left electoral success in the UK. Not only does James Dennison untangle a fascinating political case study but he also shines a light on how technological, attitudinal and demographic changes are reshaping politics and forcing us to question many of our previous assumptions about political parties and how voters choose.
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About the author
James Dennison is a researcher at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, where he works on British and European political participation, electoral behaviour and Green politics. He has previously held positions at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics and also teaches at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Greens in British Politics
Book Subtitle: Protest, Anti-Austerity and the Divided Left
Authors: James Dennison
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42673-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-42672-3Published: 28 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82634-9Published: 28 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-42673-0Published: 18 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 151
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: British Politics, Electoral Politics, Democracy