Dr Bottom’s research interests cover all areas relating to parties, elections and democracy, including:
Party relevance; party theory; party system change British politics in a comparative context Local democratic engagement The British National Party Small parties and independent politicians Independent politicians in British local politics Party cartelisation: themes, concepts and evidence A typology for all parties: multi-level representation in Europe
She welcomes prospective doctoral researchers in all these areas.
20082020
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