Part I. Introduction
1. Success and Dilemmas of Green Party Politics – Margit Mayer and John Ely
Part II. Emergence and Characteristics of the West German Green Party
2. A Brief History of the German Green Party – Horst Mewes
3. From Competing Factions within the Green Party to the Rise of Realos – Roland Roth and Detlef Murphy
4. Who Votes Green? Sources and Trends of Green Support – Lutz Mez
Part III. In Parliament: Green Principles in Real Politics
5. What Happens to Green Principles in Electoral and Parliamentary Politics? – Lilian Klotzsch, Klaus Könemann, Jörg Wischermann, and Bodo Zeuner
6. Green Feminism in Parliamentary Politics – Claudia Pinl
7. The Phantasm of Grassroots Democracy – Alex Demirovic
Part IV. Positions in the Debate: How to Resolve the Paradox
8. From Youth to Maturity: The Challenge of Party Politics – Claus Offe
9. A Party Is Not a Movement and Vice Versa – Joachim Hirsch
Part V. Beyond Germany
10. Green Politics in Europe and the United States – John Ely
Part VI. Documents
11. Founding Documents
12. Position Papers of the Main Factions within the Green Party
13. New Themes in Old Parliaments: Parliamentary Speeches and Party Statements
14. Programmatic Texts and Resolutions
Selected Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Publications
Selected Annotated Bibliography of German-Language Publications
About the Contributors
Index