Title: The political economy of growth and green politics in Ireland

Authors: Liam Leonard

Addresses: Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland

Abstract: The current economic crisis arrived at the end of an extended period of accelerated growth in Ireland. The paper will examine the impact for the Irish Greens, including a discussion of the role of the |Green Political Economy|, in the aftermath of that party|s rise to power as junior participants of the current coalition government in the republic.

Keywords: ecological modernisation; environmental movement; Green Party politics; green economics; community mobilisation; Ireland; Irish Greens; green political economy; coalition government.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGE.2008.022452

International Journal of Green Economics, 2008 Vol.2 No.4, pp.442 - 457

Published online: 05 Jan 2009 *

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