Research on the Green Economy Policies of European Radical Left Parties
European Radical Left Parties have shaped their core political identity and party image through their long-term commitment to basic social and economic issues.Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dramatic changes in Central and Eastern Europe,most radical left parties have under-gone varying degrees of de-radicalization,evident in the moderation of their basic economic stances.Nonetheless,they continue to uphold their opposition to the capitalist economic system and their ad-vocacy for the principles of socialist justice.Consequently,radical left parties remain,to a large extent,traditional socialist left parties.Furthermore,most radical left parties have initiated a"greening"process,gradually integrating and promoting ecological and environmental issues within their political agendas,with a particular emphasis on the social ecological transformation of industrialized economies.Howev-er,it is apparent that traditional political identity and political image of radical left parties have not been fundamentally altered or reshaped as a whole.Consequently,the strategic shift towards a"red-green"ideology by radical left parties is neither a historically brief process nor one whose realistic political in-fluence can be readily assessed.