1. Introduction -- Pt. I. The Greens in Germany's Local Politics. 2. Germany's Old Local Politics. 3. German Local Politics in Transition: The Rise of the New Local Politics. 4. The Greens in Germany's Local Politics. 5. The Organisation of the Greens: The Failure of the Grassroots Democratic Model at Local Level. 6. The Disappearing Consensus: Green Ideology and the Old Local Politics -- Pt. II. The Greens and the Mainz Party System. 7. The Selection of Mainz as a Case-Study Community. 8. The Greens and the Mainz Party System 1984-1987. 9. A New Politics Agenda? Analysis of Local Council Initiatives in Mainz. 10. The Local Political Agenda in Mainz: Persistence and Change -- Conclusion: The German Greens and the New Local Politics
