The Swedish Miljöpartiet- De Gröna is a green party which derives from radical social movements with a high emphasis on criticism against the traditional political system and political party structure. Their long journey to become a part of government in Sweden suggests that some ideological sacrifice could have been made to condition themselves as a traditional party with the objective to gain electoral success. As earlier studies have concluded this is a common phenomenon in green parties around the world when they attempt to enter parliaments.  The consequences of ideological change are both conflicts within the party and when their continued focus is unclear to the voters and members of the party, they risk losing core voters and members. This study was conducted as a qualitative idea analysis of the ideological base of the party’s program with a perspective of changes over time. With the aim to find what has ideologically been lost and what might have been added.  The conclusion consists of ambivalent findings, with both a change of core elements and a preservation of the ideological base.

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Environmental perception is the way in which an individual perceives the environment. If each person has a history, a life experience, their perceptions are also different, it is inconsistent to valuate this perception right or wrong, even if the situations are exactly the same. In this sense, the personal experience contributes in a singular way to the people´s conception of the world. However, the high media exposition of issues related to sustainability, global warming, melting glaciers, and others environmental problems, make these subjects very popular and people may get confused about how to deal with it. Many times the population receives too much information about global issues or even contradictories information about ecologism. Even ecologically friendly people feel powerless and hopeless in front of too much information. This fact influences in citizenship actions, in other words, suppress the individual the necessity of become aware of a conflicting situation and to develop a movement to the collective interest. Thus, the proposal intend to analyze the environmental perception in Balneário Camboriú SC, verifying in which way the information overplus about ecology influence in this process and in the citizenship action. The research was developed in two types of investigation, based on Vicente del Rio essay, Cidade da Mente, Cidade Real: percepção ambiental e revitalização na area portuária do RJ. It is important to highlight that in addition to the investigation proposal, it was used the theoretical principals of phenomenology and methodological of the discourse analysis. The results show that there is a series of projects and environmental campaign, but they do not reach people awareness. Furthermore, perceptions show that the environmental problematic in the city is perceived as a result of an intensive process of urbanization. Looking at the bibliographic investigation and at the methodological procedures it can be inferred that individual environmental perception is very helpful to understand and create citizenship actions related to the environment. / A percepção ambiental corresponde a uma maneira individual de entender o meio. Assim, se cada pessoa tem uma história, uma vivência e uma experiência, suas percepções também serão diferentes, não condizendo se estipular se uma percepção é certa ou errada, mesmo em situações exatamente iguais. Nesse sentido, a experiência pessoal contribui de maneira singular para a idéia e concepção que os indivíduos possuem do mundo e dos lugares. Entretanto, apelos advindos dos meios de comunicação provocam uma grande popularização de questões ligadas à sustentabilidade, aquecimento global, derretimento de geleiras entre outras tragédias ambientais, tornando os indivíduos cada vez mais confusos e desorientados em relação a como agir. Muitas vezes, a população é bombardeada com temas globais ou mesmo contraditórios sobre ecologismo. Mesmo indivíduos ditos ecologicamente corretos sentem-se impotentes e desesperançosos diante da quantidade de informações. Este fato acaba influenciando ações de cidadania, ou seja, suprime o indivíduo da necessidade de tomar consciência de uma situação conflitante e desempenhar uma prática voltada ao interesse coletivo. Sendo assim, a proposta apresentada pretende analisar a percepção ambiental em Balneário Camboriú SC, verificando em que medida o excesso de informações sobre ecologia influencia esse processo e nas ações de cidadania. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida com base em dois tipos de investigação, baseados em Vicente del Rio, no ensaio Cidade da Mente, Cidade Real: percepção ambiental e revitalização na área portuária do RJ. Cabe ressaltar que em complemento a investigação proposta, utilizouse os princípios teóricos da fenomenologia e metodológicos da análise do discurso. Os resultados apontam que existe uma série de projetos e campanhas ambientais, mas que não alcançam plenamente a ciência das pessoas. Além disso, as percepções indicam que a problemática ambiental na cidade é assinalada como resultado de um intenso processo de urbanização. Outras considerações indicam que: as ações coletivas de preservação foram valorizadas; o descontentamento com as condições do rio é visível; a preservação da natureza se dá em grande parte relacionada à áreas de preservação, fora do centro urbano, enquanto que o mar é fortemente ligado ao sentido econômico. Diante da investigação bibliográfica e dos procedimentos metodológicos apontados, infere-se que a percepção ambiental dos indivíduos é de grande valia na compreensão e nas ações de cidadania perante o meio ambiente.

This study assumes, rather than debates, that there is an increasingly global environmental crisis – global warming, loss of ozone layer, biodiversity loss, deforestation and desertification, natural resource depletion, toxic pollution - brought about by western nations’ abuse of the natural environment during nineteenth century industrialization, continuing through the twentieth century, and, many would argue, into the new millennium as well. Greens have been warning of the dangers of human-induced climate change since the 1960s. And yet, their analysis of the reasons for the wide and global range of ecological problems currently being experienced, of which climate change is only one, is not widely known. And even less so, are their solutions to the ecological crisis. This thesis, “Towards the development of a "green" worldview, and criteria to assess the "green-ness" of a text: Namibia Vision 2030 as example”, poses two research questions, and undertakes three tasks. The first question asks: “What does ‘seeing green’ as worldview mean?” “Green” emerges as not only pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours, but a fundamental challenge to western-cultural views on Self, and on the Self/Other relationship, including our human-nature relationship. It represents a total worldview, with its own legitimating narratives, epistemology, ontology, ethics, and viewpoints on real-world political issues as well. The green worldview differs sharply in its ultimate premises from mainstream sustainable development. On the green view, only the radical changes in Self, the Self/Other relationship, and society’s structures, which a green worldview demands, will be sufficient to avert the impending ecological crisis. A green worldview, while containing considerable diversity, is still sufficiently coherent and consistent that it can be reduced to a set of criteria and indicators for “seeing green”. This was the study’s second task. The study’s third task co-incides with its second research question: “How green is Namibia Vision 2030s worldview?” Namibia Vision 2030 is Namibia’s premier policy text designed to guide Namibia through a generation of sustainable development. Using the green criteria and indicators developed during the study, it is argued that particularly as far as this text’s ultimate premises on the human/nature relationship are concerned, its worldview is best described as pale green fading into grey. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Psychology / unrestricted

Des origines de l'écologie politique à nos jours, beaucoup d'écologistes pensent qu'ils participent à la réalisation d'une transformation politique et sociale de leur univers social, ainsi que de l'univers scientifique, cela dépasse les limites d'un pays et d'un continent, mais cela recouvre aussi certaines particularités au niveau national. Nous nous proposons d'étudier les spécificités de l'écologie politique française en la mettant en relation avec l'écologie politique américaine, puis en insistant sur le rôle des acteurs radicaux pour redéfinir une écologie radicale moins consensuelle que l'écologie institutionnalisée. Au XXIe siècle, l'intensité du besoin social d'un courant politique et d'une science écologique s’accroît avec la multiplication des catastrophes humaines et naturelles et avec l'augmentation de leur visibilité dans les médias. L'écologie radicale se propose de répondre à ces nouveaux défis. Nous pouvons en dégager une spécificité de l'écologie politique française placée à la fois à proximité des acteurs politiques conventionnels acceptant les règles du jeu existant et à la fois à la lisière, ainsi qu'à l'écoute, des marges politiques. / From the origins of the political ecology to now days, many ecologists think they are involved in the process of political and social transformation of their social and scientific universes. But it exceeds national borders and also continental limits. We will study the specificity of the French political ecology and outlook it with the American political ecology and, then, we will incite on the role of radical actors to redefine a radical ecology less consensual that the institutionalized ecology. In the 21st century the social need for a political stream and an ecological science increases trough the multiplication of human and natural disasters and the rise of their visibility in medias. Radical ecology suggests answers to those new challenges. We could then draw the specificity of the French political ecology which is, at the same time, close to conventional political actors by accepting the rules of the political field, at its frontiers, and, finally in touch with political margins.

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Environmental and green politics came into prominance during the last two decades. These two concepts, as well as environmentalism and ecologism are defined in this study and placed within the context of the political system. The emphasis is on green politics and ecologism. The global green movement is analysed according to policy, organisational structures and pattern of development. The South African environmental and green movements are described in the latter part of the study. It is shown that South Africa has a long history of environmentalism. The South African green movement is compared with the global green movement after which it is placed within the context of the South African political system. Green politics in South Africa seems to resemble the early stages of the development of the European movement and the concept of social justice is emphasised. Selected Western Cape groups are discussed according to information gathered by means of a questionnaire. / Political Science / M.A. (Political Science)

Environmental and green politics came into prominance during the last two decades. These two concepts, as well as environmentalism and ecologism are defined in this study and placed within the context of the political system. The emphasis is on green politics and ecologism. The global green movement is analysed according to policy, organisational structures and pattern of development. The South African environmental and green movements are described in the latter part of the study. It is shown that South Africa has a long history of environmentalism. The South African green movement is compared with the global green movement after which it is placed within the context of the South African political system. Green politics in South Africa seems to resemble the early stages of the development of the European movement and the concept of social justice is emphasised. Selected Western Cape groups are discussed according to information gathered by means of a questionnaire. / Political Science / M.A. (Political Science)