Table of Contents

List of Figures
Preface
Foreword by Caroline Lucas
Introduction: The Greens – Towards Hegemony in the Anthropocene
1. The Green Awakening
2. Green Philosophy, Science and Social Theory
3. Green Parties All Over the World
4. Green Policies: Building Stones of a Green ideology
5. Greens in Governments
6. Green Global Governance for the Twenty-First Century
Appendix: Green Parties in 100 Countries
Notes
Index

About the Author

Per Gahrton is a Swedish sociologist and politician, former MP and MEP of the Swedish Greens. He was the 1985-89 co-secretary of the Co-ordination of European Greens, and has participated at all congresses of the Global Greens. He is the author of Green Parties, Green Future (Pluto, 2015) and Georgia: Pawn in the New Great Game (Pluto, 2010).

Reviews

With his long experience and deep insights in green politics, Per Gahrton - like no one else can - provides a comprehensive picture of the global green party family. An outstanding contribution.
*Claudia Roth, German Green Party MP and Vice President of the German Bundestag*

Per Gahrton's experience as a parliamentarian, organiser and activist combines with his skills as a journalist and sociologist to tell a wonderfully readable story.
*Sara Parkin, Founder Director of Forum for the Future and author of The Positive Deviant: Sustainability Leadership in a Perverse World (2010)*

Proves that Greens can indeed make a political difference and can be the real alternative needed by our countries.
*Frank Habineza, Founding President of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, President of the African Greens Federation and Executive Committee Member of the Global Greens Coordination*

A fascinating overview of key debates and developments, with unique insights into the internal life of green parties in Europe and across the world.
*Wolfgang Rüdig, University of Strathclyde*

'A valuable manual in realpolitik that resonates here and now in the UK'
*The Ecologist*