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Dr Lynn Bennie

Dr Lynn Bennie
Dr Lynn Bennie
Dr Lynn Bennie

BA, PhD

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l.bennie@abdn.ac.uk
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School of Social Science
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Biography

Lynn Bennie joined the University as Lecturer in Politics in 1996 and is now a Reader in Politics. She was previously a Politics Lecturer at what was then the University of Paisley. She has a BA and PhD in Politics from the University of Strathclyde.

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Research

Research Overview

My research interests focus on the following themes: political participation; party membership and electoral behaviour; democracy and political representation; party adaptation and change; multi-level politics; and social movements, protest and green politics.

Research Areas

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I am currently accepting PhDs in Politics and International Relations.

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Politics and International Relations

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Research Specialisms

  • Politics

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Current Research

ESRC-funded research 'Recruited by Referendum' focused on party membership amongst pro-independence parties following the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, its relationship with movement politics and the impact of membership surges on party organisations.  Co-investigators were Professor James Mitchell (Edinburgh) and Dr Rob Johns (Essex). A book 'Surges in Party Membership: The SNP and Scottish Greens After the Scottish Referendum' is published by Routledge (2024). Research with my Aberdeen colleague Malcolm Harvey has focused on the role and experiences of elected politicians at the local level.  'Defenders of Local Democracy' is supported by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 

Past Research

I have published books and articles on: party membership; green politics; elections, parties and campaigns; political participation; party manifestos; and democratic representation.

Funding and Grants

Recruited by Referendum: Party Membership Energised, funded by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), March 2016-May 2017.  Other ESRC grants on party membership.  Defenders of Local Democracy (2023-2024), funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Teaching

Courses

Teaching Responsibilities

I am part of a team of course coordinators 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 to the inter-disciplinary Sixth Century course SX1011 Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunity.  I am convenor of the honours course PI3562 Political Parties in Britain.  

I supervise undergraduate dissertations on elections, political participation, political parties, green politics, movement politics and campaign activism.

My PhD students have examined political parties, support for constitutional change and topics relating to sustainability and green politics.

Publications

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  • Greens in the United Kingdom and Ireland: Weak but persistent

    Bennie, L.
    Green Parties in Europe. van Haute, E. (ed.). Taylor and Francis, pp. 196-216, 21 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • United Kingdom and Ireland Greens: Weak but Persistent

    Bennie, L. G.
    Green Parties in Europe. van Haute, E. (ed.). Routledge, pp. 196-216, 21 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Corbyn cometh: has 21st-century UK protest politics just fully bloomed?

    Bennie, L.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles

  • Party Membership in Britain: A minority pursuit

    Bennie, L. G.
    Party Members and Activists. van Haute, E., Gauja, A. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 169-185, 17 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Scotland

    Bennie, L. G.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

  • Gendered Nationalism: The gender gap in support for the Scottish National Party

    Johns, R., Bennie, L., Mitchell, J.
    Party Politics, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 581-304
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Scottish National Party: Transition to Power

    Mitchell, J., Bennie, L. G., Johns, R.
    Oxford University Press, New York. 208 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Who are the SNP Members?

    Mitchell, J., Johns, R., Bennie, L.
    The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power. Hassan, G. (ed.). Edinburgh University Press, pp. 68-78, 11 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Voter Reactions to a Preferential Ballot: The 2007 Scottish Local Elections

    Denver, D., Clark, A., Bennie, L.
    Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 265-282
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Transformation of Local Politics?: STV and the 2007 Scottish Local Government Elections

    Bennie, L., Clark, A.
    Representation, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 225-238
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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