The Political Ideology of Green Parties; From the Politics of Nature to Redefining the Nature of Politics

Has a new political ideology emerged in the aftermath of the 1960s? Gayil Talshir examines the ideological evolution of green parties in Britain and Germany and traces the formation and transformations of a new type of ideology--a modular ideology. In the 1980s, the 'extraordinary opposition', New Left and ecology movements developed, a distinct and social vision that paved the political road for the transformation of democracy. Talshir explores this journey from the politics of nature to changing the nature of politics.

Gayil Talshir is Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.