Greens in British Politics

James Dennison is a researcher at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, where he works on British and European political participation, electoral behaviour and Green politics. He has previously held positions at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics and also teaches at the University of Sheffield, UK.

• Acknowledgements.- 1. The Rise of the Greens in British Politics.- 2. Usual Low in an Improving Context.- 3. ‘Green Spike’: European Elections to Independence Referendum.- 4. ‘Green Surge’: Becoming England’s Third Largest Party.- 5. Car Crashes, Campaigning and Partial Decline.- 6. Who Voted Green and Why?.- 7. Explaining Constituency-Level Green Success.- 8. Conclusion: Protest, Anti-Austerity and the Divided Left.- Appendices.- Bibliography.

“Dennison offers some interesting quantitative analysis and direct insight into the Green parties’ inner workings. The elite interviews featured in the early chapters of the book are particularly interesting, both in terms of their narrative qualities and because the number and variety of interviews are quite impressive.” (LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, November, 2017)