Author: Publisher: Leftbank Publishing
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Regulating 'the Green mess': the emergence of The Greens and the development of Australian federal political party regulation.
Author: Commonwealth Greens
Author: Tim BostonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781921456114
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The very first Green Party was established in Tasmania, Australia less than forty years ago - a short time in political history. Since 1972, Green parties have gained seats at the federal, provincial or state, and municipal levels worldwide. Greens have also gained federal seats in France and Sweden, as well as acquiring political influence in Australia, and more recently, Canada. Specifically, Australia has federal and state Greens, while polling data reveals that since 1991, Canadian Greens have shown gains in the popular vote. Notwithstanding their electoral successes, the two countries Green parties have also had a notable effect on the publics conception of environmental issues. Commonwealth Greens provides a paradigmatic, comparative analysis of the Green parties of Canada and Australia, providing policymakers, activists and academics with an understanding of the beliefs that shape Green Party action, while offering the general public an overview of Green thought.
Electoral System Design
Author: Andrew ReynoldsPublisher: Stockholm : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher Description
Political Parties and Democracy in Theoretical and Practical Perspectives
Author: Sefakor AshiagborPublisher:
ISBN: 9781880134399
Category : Political parties
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
This latest addition to the Institute's Political Parties and Democracy in Theoretical and Practical Perspectives series describes some of the approaches that political parties around the world have used to fulfill their policy formulation role. The first section describes comparative approaches in developing party ideologies, rules, structures, and processes that can improve policy processes. In the second section, 12 case studies provide overviews of practical experiences in party policy development around the world.
Not for Greens
Author: Ian PlimerPublisher: Connor Court Publishing
ISBN: 9781925138191
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The processes required to make a humble stainless steel teaspoon are remarkably complicated and every stage involves risk, coal, energy, capital, international trade and finance. Stainless steel cutlery has taken thousands of years of experimentation and knowledge to evolve and the end result is that we can eat without killing ourselves with bacteria. We are in the best times to have ever lived on planet Earth and the future will only be better. All this we take for granted. Greens may have started as genuine environmentalists. Much of the green movement has now morphed into an unelected extremist political pressure group accountable to no one. Greens create problems, many of which are concocted, and provide no solutions because of a lack of basic knowledge. This book examines green policies in the light of established knowledge and shows that they are unrealistic. Policies by greens adopted by supine governments have resulted in rising costs, increased taxes, political instability, energy poverty, decreased longevity and environmental degradation and they don't achieve their ideological aims. Wind, solar and biomass energy emit more carbon dioxide than they save and reduction of carbon dioxide emissions does nothing to change climate and only empties the pocket. No stainless steel teaspoon could be made using green "alternative energy." This book argues that unless the greens live sustainably in caves in the forest and use no trappings of the modern world, then they should be regarded as hypocrites and treated with the disdain they deserve.
Bringing Them Home
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Cultural Backlash
Author: Pippa NorrisPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108444422
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Authoritarian populist parties have advanced in many countries, and entered government in states as diverse as Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland. Even small parties can still shift the policy agenda, as demonstrated by UKIP's role in catalyzing Brexit. Drawing on new evidence, this book advances a general theory why the silent revolution in values triggered a backlash fuelling support for authoritarian-populist parties and leaders in the US and Europe. The conclusion highlights the dangers of this development and what could be done to mitigate the risks to liberal democracy.
Successful Public Policy
Author: Joannah LuetjensPublisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760462799
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
In Australia and New Zealand, many public projects, programs and services perform well. But these cases are consistently underexposed and understudied. We cannot properly ‘see’—let alone recognise and explain—variations in government performance when media, political and academic discourses are saturated with accounts of their shortcomings and failures, but are next to silent on their achievements. Successful Public Policy: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand helps to turn that tide. It aims to reset the agenda for teaching, research and dialogue on public policy performance. This is done through a series of close-up, in-depth and carefully chosen case study accounts of the genesis and evolution of stand-out public policy achievements, across a range of sectors within Australia and New Zealand. Through these accounts, written by experts from both countries, we engage with the conceptual, methodological and theoretical challenges that have plagued extant research seeking to evaluate, explain and design successful public policy. Studies of public policy successes are rare—not just in Australia and New Zealand, but the world over. This book is embedded in a broader project exploring policy successes globally; its companion volume, Great Policy Successes (edited by Paul ‘t Hart and Mallory Compton), is published by Oxford University Press (2019).
The Scottish Political System Since Devolution
Author: Paul CairneyPublisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 184540338X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
This book presents a narrative of Scottish politics since devolution in 1999. It compares eight years of coalition government under Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats with four years of Scottish National Party minority government. It outlines the relative effect of each government on Scottish politics and public policy in various contexts, including: high expectations for ‘new politics' that were never fully realised; the influence of, and reactions from, the media and public; the role of political parties; the Scottish Government's relations with the UK Government, EU institutions, local government, quasi-governmental and non-governmental actors; and, the finance available to fund policy initiatives. It then considers how far Scotland has travelled on the road to constitutional change, comparing the original devolved framework with calls for independence or a new devolution settlement. The book draws heavily on information produced since 1999 by the Scottish Devolution Monitoring project (which forms one part of the devolution monitoring project led by the Constitution Unit, UCL) and is supplemented by new research on public policy, minority government, intergovernmental relations and constitutional change.
Green Economics
Author: Molly Scott CatoPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113656442X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The world as we know it needs a new economics. Climate change, financial crisis and out-of-control globalization - all the major problems facing the world have their root in the dominant economic system. The globalised marketplace is the prevailing force in our lives, undermining the real importance of our human communities and our planet. Green Economics argues that society should be embedded within the ecosystem, and that markets and economies are social structures that should respond to social and environmental priorities. This highly readable text provides an introduction to green economics including views on taxation, welfare, money, economic development and employment through the work of its inspirational figures including Schumacher, Robertson and Douthwaite. It also explores the contributions and insights of schools of thought critical of the dominant neo-classical economic paradigm, including ecofeminism, views from the global South, and the perspective of indigenous peoples. Examples of effective green policies that are already being implemented across the world are presented, as well as policy prescriptions for issues including climate change, localization, citizens' income, economic measurement, ecotaxes and trade.