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Managing Strategic Positioning Choices: A Reappraisal of the Development Paths of the French and German Green Parties

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Managing Strategic Positioning Choices: A Reappraisal of the Development Paths of the French and German Green Parties
Author(s)Bluhdorn, Ingolfur; Szarka, Joseph
AbstractTo what extent have green parties been pawns of circumstance or arbiters of their own destiny? While interpretations in terms of ‘political opportunity structures’ suggest that party development is mainly determined by external factors, detailed analysis reveals the growing significance of political agency exercised by small parties. During their history, the green parties of France and Germany have rotated through a range of positioning options and, in conditions of accelerated change within political systems, the importance of agency has increased. Reappraisal of the developmental paths of ecology parties shows that the impact of their own ability (or inability) to identify and manage strategic positioning choices may have been underestimated.
IssueNo3
Pages303-319
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceJournal of Contemporary European Studies
VolumeNo12
PubDate2004
ISBN_ISSN1478-2804
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