Lynn Bennie

Personal profile

Biography

I joined the Department as Lecturer in Politics in 1996 and am now a Reader in Politics. I was previously a Politics Lecturer at the University of Paisley, I have a BA and PhD in Politics from the University of Strathclyde.

Research Interests:

My research interests span the areas of elections and political parties, political participation, and movement politics. With ESRC funding, and as Principal Investigator, I am currently researching the surge in party membership amongst pro-independence parties following the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence. Co-investigators are Professor James Mitchell (Edinburgh) and Dr Rob Johns (Essex).

Teaching Responsibilities:

I am convenor of our first year course PI1018 Introduction to Politics and International Relations: Democracy and Governance. I contribute to PI2009, Ideas and Ideologies in Politics and International Relations and the inter-disciplinary Sixth Centrury course SX1011 Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunity. I am convenor of the honours course PI3562 Political Parties in Britain. At postgraduate level, I coordinate the MRes in Political Research programme and convene the course on Research Design.

I supervise dissertations on elections, political behaviour, political parties, green politics and movement politics.

Area of Expertise

Politics and International Studies
elections and political parties
political participation
movement politics

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Research Output

255 Citations
12 Article
7 Chapter
2 Book

The Scottish National Party: Transition to Power

Mitchell, J., Bennie, L. G. & Johns, R., 2012, New York: Oxford University Press. 208 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

37 Citations (Scopus)

Understanding Political Participation: Green Party Membership in Scotland

Bennie, L. G., 2004, Aldershot: Ashgate: Unknown Publisher. 240 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Parties, Movements and the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum: Explaining the Post-Referendum Party Membership Surges

Bennie, L., Mitchell, J. & Johns, R., 15 Jun 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Party Politics.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Labour party adaptation to multilevel politics: evidence from British general election manifestos

Bennie, L. & Clark, A., 18 Jun 2019, In : British Politics. 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

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Scottish Greens: Radical and Relevant?

Bennie, L., Aug 2019, The Story of the Scottish Parliament : The First Two Decades Explained. Hassan, G. (ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 179-188 10 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Datasets

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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.61234

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