This book offers a systematic and multifaceted analysis of the Greens on the levels of political philosophy, political concepts, social movement, political parties, and political ideology. The originality of the book lies in the determination of the political philosophy of the Greens as left libertarianism. Such a determination of the Greens can already be found in the writings of Herbert Kitschelt, but while he only makes a cursory mention of it, this book offers a detailed elaboration of the points of contact between left-libertarianism and the Greens. The book also attempts to explain the acceptance of left-libertarianism by the Greens with social processes in Western Europe, the emergence of a new middle class and post-materialist values. At the same time, the book examines the relationship between the left-libertarian political philosophy of the Greens and the organizational structure of the Green parties, their relationship to the state, and to democracy.
Author(s): Kire Sharlamanov
Edition: 1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 223
Tags: Political Sociology; European Politics; Political Theory
Contents
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introductory Remarks About the Greens
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Organizational Structure of the Book
1.3 The Difference Between Environmentalism, Ecologism, and the Greens
1.4 A Brief Prehistory of the Development of Green Political Thought
1.5 Greens and Modernization
1.6 Greens and Industrialism
1.7 Greens and Science
References
Chapter 2: Environment Protection in a Left-Libertarian Political Philosophy
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Protection of the Environment Through Respect for the Right to Property
2.3 The Principle of Non-Aggression and the Protection of Nature
2.3.1 Application of the Principle of Non-Violence in Green Politics
2.4 Extreme Variants of the Libertarian Conception of Nature Protection
2.5 The Libertarian Explanation of the Way Nature Works
2.6 Environmental Protection and Eco Balance
2.7 The Attitude Toward the State
2.8 Differences Between Welfare State and Green State
2.9 Bioregionalism
References
Chapter 3: Green Political Thought
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Return to Nature
3.3 Human Nature
3.4 Environmental Justice
3.5 Green Ethics
3.6 Sustainability
3.6.1 Areas of Sustainable Development
3.6.2 Sustainability of Economic Growth
3.6.3 Limitation of Economic Growth
3.7 Green Citizenship
3.7.1 Green Citizenship in Practice
3.7.2 Green Citizenship and Cosmopolitanism
3.8 The Attitude Toward Animals
3.8.1 Peter Signer’s Utilitarianism
3.8.2 Tom Regan’s Animal Rights Theory
3.8.3 Animal Rights Protection Policies
References
Chapter 4: The Greens as a Social Movement
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Evolutionary Development of the Environmentalist Movement
4.3 Basic Characteristics of the Environmental Movement
4.4 Environmentalism and New Social Movements
4.5 Environmentalism Today
4.6 The Social Basis of Environmentalism
4.7 The Demographic Characteristics of the Environmentalist Movement
4.8 The Difference Between Movements and Parties (Why Movements Grew into Parties)
References
Chapter 5: The Green Parties
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Reason for the Emergence of the Green Parties (New Social Cleavages, Emancipatory, and Post-Materialist Values, Crisis of Established Political Parties)
5.2.1 Hierarchy of Needs
5.2.2 Reasons for the Change in Values
5.2.3 The Consequences of Changing Values
5.2.4 Critical Reviews of Post-Materialist Values
5.3 New Conflicts
5.4 Issues Politics
5.5 The Organizational Structure of the Green Parties
5.6 The Social Structure of the Green Parties
5.7 The Policies of the Green Parties
References
Chapter 6: The Ideological Orientation of the Green Parties
6.1 The Difference Between Ideology and Politics (Is Environmentalism an Ideology or a Policy)
6.2 The Ideological Direction of the Green Parties
6.3 Theoretical Determination of the Place of the Greens in the Political Spectrum
6.4 Neither Left nor Right, but Ahead
6.5 The Greens as a New Type of Parties
6.6 Concluding Observations Regarding Ideological Orientation of the Green Parties
6.7 The Response of the Mainstream Parties to the Emergence of the Green Parties
6.8 The Green Parties Family
6.8.1 The Greens in the European Parliament
References
Chapter 7: A Critical Review of the Green Political Ideology
7.1 The Greens and Democracy
7.2 Why the Greens Do Not Have the Success of the Populists
7.3 Criticisms Toward the Greens
7.3.1 Intellectual Incoherence
7.3.2 Scientific Unreliability
7.3.3 Difficulties in the Practicing of Politics
References
Index
