http://greenpolitics.ca A grassroots view of green politics Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:49:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-non-hierarchical/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-non-hierarchical/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:23:45 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=147 This is the second of a two-part series on restructuring Green political parties in accordance with Green values. The first part of this series considered the democratic deficiencies present in centralised Green parties. This second part presents a non-hierarchical structural model that offers many advantages to revitalise Green parties as dynamic centres of citizen activism.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-non-hierarchical/feed/ 6 http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-not-top-down/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-not-top-down/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:32:00 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=134 Despite the intent to create a more democratic political process, many Green parties from the start adopted the same ‘top-down’ hierarchical structure as mainstream political parties. Their leadership progressively sealed themselves off from the party’s grass roots, and in many cases membership and fundraising declined precipitously. This analysis looks at why.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-not-top-down/feed/ 1