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/2009/08/losing-confidence-in-elizabeth-may/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/08/losing-confidence-in-elizabeth-may/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:50:47 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=427 Book Review Canadian Green Party leader Elizabeth May has written an interesting but politically disappointing book on the dysfunctional state of Canada’s parliamentary democracy. Although it could be used as a lay-person’s guide to Canada’s Westminster-style politics, May provides no real insight as to how this inauthentic, fractious, and ethically corrupt mess can be cleaned up and genuine democracy attained. She knows the score, but fails to understand the nature of the game.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/08/losing-confidence-in-elizabeth-may/feed/ 5 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