An increasing gap characterizes the relationship between citizens and policy-makers in Europe. Citizens do not only lose confidence in their representatives but, more broadly so, in democracy and democratic functioning. Consequently, new political parties perform increasingly better during elections. New decision-making processes - rooted in participatory or deliberative democracy - are also gradually considered as means to revitalize and irrigate the representative system. This paper aims at developing a better understanding of the democratic preferences of the Belgian Green political parties. Traditionally, Flemish and French-speaking green parties have been the owners of democratic innovation issues in Belgium. Through the analysis of Be...
This article analyses the impact of government prospects and government participation on party polic...
"Built upon a methodological assumption that conventional theory of democracy and party politics aft...
Introduction Born in the 1980s, Green parties are often presented as the vector of postmaterialist v...
An increasing gap characterizes the relationship between citizens and policy-makers in Europe. Citiz...
An increasing gap characterizes the relationship between citizens and policy-makers in Europe. Citiz...
In the ongoing debate about the electoral appeal of Green parties, some authors argue that Green vot...
In recent decades, there has been an increase in participatory practices in public action. Such a st...
As a response to the perceived legitimacy crisis that threatens modern democracies, local government...
Our study aimed at contributing to the understanding of party policy preferences in Belgium, i.e. ho...
The challenge for contemporary Green parties in government is to demonstrate both that they have not...
Introduction This chapter covers the developments of two of the most successful Green parties in Eur...
As a response to the perceived legitimacy crisis that threatens modern democracies, local government...
Built upon a methodological assumption that conventional theory of democracy and party politics afte...
The linkage function of political parties is put under pressure the last few decades (testified by i...
Democratic innovations are on the rise in most Western democracies. Belgium, like Australia, has alw...
This article analyses the impact of government prospects and government participation on party polic...
"Built upon a methodological assumption that conventional theory of democracy and party politics aft...
Introduction Born in the 1980s, Green parties are often presented as the vector of postmaterialist v...
An increasing gap characterizes the relationship between citizens and policy-makers in Europe. Citiz...
An increasing gap characterizes the relationship between citizens and policy-makers in Europe. Citiz...
In the ongoing debate about the electoral appeal of Green parties, some authors argue that Green vot...
In recent decades, there has been an increase in participatory practices in public action. Such a st...
As a response to the perceived legitimacy crisis that threatens modern democracies, local government...
Our study aimed at contributing to the understanding of party policy preferences in Belgium, i.e. ho...
The challenge for contemporary Green parties in government is to demonstrate both that they have not...
Introduction This chapter covers the developments of two of the most successful Green parties in Eur...
As a response to the perceived legitimacy crisis that threatens modern democracies, local government...
Built upon a methodological assumption that conventional theory of democracy and party politics afte...
The linkage function of political parties is put under pressure the last few decades (testified by i...
Democratic innovations are on the rise in most Western democracies. Belgium, like Australia, has alw...
This article analyses the impact of government prospects and government participation on party polic...
"Built upon a methodological assumption that conventional theory of democracy and party politics aft...
Introduction Born in the 1980s, Green parties are often presented as the vector of postmaterialist v...