Includes bibliographical references and index.

From amateur-activist to professional-electoral parties? : on the organizational transformation of Green parties in Western democracies / Paul Lucardie and Benoît Rihoux -- The evolution of the Greens in Germany : from amateurism to professionalism / E. Gene Frankland -- The French Greens : changes in activist culture and practices in a constraining environment / Bruno Villalba -- The Finnish Greens : from 'alternative' grass-roots movement(s) to a governmental party / Jukka Paastela -- Belgium : Ecolo and Agalev (Groen!) : two institutionalized Green parties with parallel but different stories / Jo Buelens and Pascal Delwitt -- The Irish Greens / George Taylor and Brendan Flynn -- Switzerland : the Green Party, alternative and liberal Greens / Andreas Ladner and Michael Brändle -- Struggling to become competitive : the organizational evolution of the Austrian Greens / Volkmar Lauber -- Sweden : Miljöpartiet de Gröna / Jon Burchell -- Amateurs and professional activists : De Groenen and GroenLinks in the Netherlands / Paul Lucardie and Gerrit Voerman -- Experimental evolution down under : thirty years of Green Party development in Australia and New Zealand / Christine Dann -- Green Party organization in Britain : change and continuity / Wolfgang Rüdig -- The Canadian Greens : veering away from grassroots democracy so soon? / Jacqueline Sharp and Anita Krajnc -- Greens in the USA / John C. Berg -- Conclusion : the metamorphosis of amateur-activist newborns into professional-activist centaurs / Benoît Rihoux and E. Gene Frankland.