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The author discusses the two related conditions that were indicative of his experience of the 1970's - belatedness and embarrassment. Belatedness refers to the 1960's when many of the progressive movements started and embarrassment in that the author felt incapable of participating in the signifiers of opposition at that time. The seventies were indicative of the struggle of actual time and imaginary time for dominance.

Competition policy : one theory, three systems

The author discusses significant steps in the Austrian Green Party politics including internal changes & its success in the 1999 European & parliamentary elections. The Austrian Green Party has experienced a successful recovery from its 1995 losses through obtaining good leadership & becoming more professional. The election of Alexander Van der Bellen as party speaker was perceived as a reaffirmation in the party's ideological authority. The party has gained voters by going beyond environmental politics to take stands on neutrality, membership in the European Union (EU), the Proportz system, & asylum/immigration. The author examines the results of recent elections, the party's position in current Austrian politics & concludes that the Austrian Greens offer an ecological & democratic alternative to the Social Democratic Party & People's Party domination & to the isolationist policies of the Freedom Party. 2 Tables, 5 References. L. A. Hoffman

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