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Greening the Liberals of Europe? A study of the Liberals' response to the Green Wave

Ivertsson, Elin LU (2022) STVK02 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This study aims to investigate a potential convergence between the Green and Liberal parties of Europe regarding cultural issues of the GAL-TAN-scale, such as the environmental issue in particular. The focus on this issue is inspired by the increased debate and focus on the issue in relation to the 2019 European Parliament elections and by the theory of issue entrepreneuring strategies of the Green parties. The liberal parties reactions to this, in particular, is interesting because of the liberal values being used to describe the GAL-dimension of cultural policies and are seen as fundamental for the European Union, while in practice liberal stances might not reflect this ideological categorisation because of the diversity within the... (More)
This study aims to investigate a potential convergence between the Green and Liberal parties of Europe regarding cultural issues of the GAL-TAN-scale, such as the environmental issue in particular. The focus on this issue is inspired by the increased debate and focus on the issue in relation to the 2019 European Parliament elections and by the theory of issue entrepreneuring strategies of the Green parties. The liberal parties reactions to this, in particular, is interesting because of the liberal values being used to describe the GAL-dimension of cultural policies and are seen as fundamental for the European Union, while in practice liberal stances might not reflect this ideological categorisation because of the diversity within the ideology as well as he complexity of the classification of the liberal party family. The findings of the study only contribute with partial support for the hypotheses by only suggesting a convergence between some of the Liberal and Green parties across Europe, such as the Swedish Centre party, a Liberal party with an Agrarian background, and the Greens has occurred. This suggests that other factors, such as an historical involvement in environmental issues, potentially have an effect on the convergence. (Less)
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author
Ivertsson, Elin LU
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organization
course
STVK02 20221
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type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
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keywords
Green wave, issue entrepreneuring, liberal parties, agrarian parties, GAL-TAN, environmental issues, party behaviour, European Parliament Elections
language
English
id
9080165
date added to LUP
2022-07-03 08:17:34
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2022-07-03 08:17:34
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  abstract     = {{This study aims to investigate a potential convergence between the Green and Liberal parties of Europe regarding cultural issues of the GAL-TAN-scale, such as the environmental issue in particular. The focus on this issue is inspired by the increased debate and focus on the issue in relation to the 2019 European Parliament elections and by the theory of issue entrepreneuring strategies of the Green parties. The liberal parties reactions to this, in particular, is interesting because of the liberal values being used to describe the GAL-dimension of cultural policies and are seen as fundamental for the European Union, while in practice liberal stances might not reflect this ideological categorisation because of the diversity within the ideology as well as he complexity of the classification of the liberal party family. The findings of the study only contribute with partial support for the hypotheses by only suggesting a convergence between some of the Liberal and Green parties across Europe, such as the Swedish Centre party, a Liberal party with an Agrarian background, and the Greens has occurred. This suggests that other factors, such as an historical involvement in environmental issues, potentially have an effect on the convergence.}},
  author       = {{Ivertsson, Elin}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Greening the Liberals of Europe? A study of the Liberals' response to the Green Wave}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}