Explaining the electoral success of green parties: A cross-national analysis

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Explaining the electoral success of green parties: A cross-national analysis. / Müller‐Rommel, Ferdinand.
in: Environmental Politics, Jahrgang 7, Nr. 4, 01.12.1998, S. 145-154.

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title = "Explaining the electoral success of green parties: A cross-national analysis",
abstract = "Since the 1980s, the lack of confidence in established political partiesamong European citizens has attracted the attention of scholars, journalistsand politicians. Voter turnout has declined and the support for small partieshas increased. Green parties have been electorally successful in severalEuropean countries. Consequently they have challenged the establishedpolitical parties programmatically as well as strategically. The Greens had apronounced impact on the structure of party competition since the 1980s.Depending on the extent to which a political system is open or closed, theseparties have been to a large degree responsible for the electoral volatilitywithin several European nations.The main interest of this article is to identify and classify the electoralstrength of Green parties in European party systems over the past 20 yearsand find explanations for their electoral success",
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author = "Ferdinand M{\"u}ller‐Rommel",
year = "1998",
month = dec,
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journal = "Environmental Politics",
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