03646nam 22005415 450 991015166610332120200704041508.03-319-42673-710.1007/978-3-319-42673-0(CKB)3710000000952817(DE-He213)978-3-319-42673-0(MiAaPQ)EBC4746021(PPN)259468800(EXLCZ)99371000000095281720161118d2017 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Greens in British Politics Protest, Anti-Austerity and the Divided Left /by James Dennison1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2017.1 online resource (X, 151 p. 22 illus., 1 illus. in color.) Palgrave Pivot3-319-42672-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgements -- 1. The Rise of the Greens in British Politics -- 2. Usual Low in an Improving Context -- 3. ‘Green Spike’: European Elections to Independence Referendum -- 4. ‘Green Surge’: Becoming England’s Third Largest Party -- 5. Car Crashes, Campaigning and Partial Decline -- 6. Who Voted Green and Why? -- 7. Explaining Constituency-Level Green Success -- 8. Conclusion: Protest, Anti-Austerity and the Divided Left -- Appendices -- Bibliography.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. 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.Palgrave pivot.Great Britain—Politics and governmentElectionsDemocracyBritish Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911120Electoral Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911070Democracyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911050Great Britain—Politics and government.Elections.Democracy.British Politics.Electoral Politics.Democracy.320.941Dennison Jamesauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut863820BOOK9910151666103321The Greens in British Politics1927964UNINA