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    Surges in Party Membership

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    The SNP and Scottish Greens after the Independence Referendum

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    Author(s)
    Bennie, Lynn
    Mitchell, James
    Johns, Robert
    Collection
    UK Research and Innovation
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    This book presents a comprehensive analysis of a remarkable and unexpected outcome of the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence. Despite defeat in the Scottish referendum, the two leading parties in the Yes campaign – the Scottish National Party and Scottish Green Party – experienced an extraordinary surge in membership. The book explains these events, examining the relationship between political parties and social movements, and it assesses the long-term consequences of the surge. Based on surveys of members and interviews with party and movement actors since the referendum, the book analyses the members’ involvement in the 2014 referendum, their motives for joining a party, their backgrounds and political attitudes, and their behaviour as party members. A key component of the book is how the surge changed the parties – socio-demographically, ideologically and organisationally. This book will appeal to scholars, students and observers of electoral politics, political participation, social and political movements, and political parties and their members, and more broadly to those interested in the debate on Scottish independence, British politics and comparative politics. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.
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    https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90042
    Keywords
    political parties;Bennie;membership surge;Scottish Referendum;party membership;SGP;Scottish Green Party;SNP;Scottish National Party
    DOI
    10.4324/9780429446559
    ISBN
    9780429822032, 9780429446559, 9781138332546, 9780429822049, 9780429822056
    Publisher
    Taylor & Francis
    Publisher website
    https://taylorandfrancis.com/
    Publication date and place
    2024
    Grantor
    • UK Research and Innovation
    Imprint
    Routledge
    Series
    Routledge Studies in British Politics,
    Classification
    Political parties and party platforms
    Elections and referenda / suffrage
    Pages
    183
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    • If not noted otherwise all contents are available under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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