Dr Peter Lynch

Senior Lecturer

Politics University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

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About me

Senior Lecturer Peter Lynch was educated at University of Strathclyde and London School of Economics. He has been at Stirling since 1994 and teaches and researches on Scottish politics, nationalism, political parties and devolution. He has published a number of books and articles on these topics over the years and is also an occasional media commentator on elections and by-elections in Scotland as well as Scottish political issues more generally. He is currently involved in a project on the Scottish devolution referendums of 1979 and 1997 with the Scottish Political Archive at Stirling and is Director of the MSc International Conflict and Cooperation.

Research (2)

Scottish politics, Devolution, UK territorial politics, European regionalism.

Projects

Research in the UK on the Scottish Political Archive Referendums projects 1979-97
PI: Dr Peter Lynch
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
01/09/2011–30/11/2011

Monitoring Devolution: Proposal to ESRC and government to extend devolution monitoring reports from 2005 to 2008
PI: Dr Peter Lynch
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
01/08/2006–11/02/2010

Outputs (21)

Outputs

Authored Book

Aye or Nae: The Referendum Experience in Scotland 1979-2014

Lynch P (2019) Aye or Nae: The Referendum Experience in Scotland 1979-2014. Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press.

Newspaper Article

Pressure on Nicola Sturgeon is intense, but there's still room to be positive about second Scottish indyref

Lynch P (2019) Pressure on Nicola Sturgeon is intense, but there's still room to be positive about second Scottish indyref. The Conversation. 30.01.2019.

Authored Book

IndyRef to ScotRef: Campaigning for Yes

Lynch P (2017) IndyRef to ScotRef: Campaigning for Yes. Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press. http://www.ashleydrake.cymru/Welsh%20Academic%20Press/IndyRef%20to%20ScotRef%20-%20Campaigning%20for%20Yes.html

Newspaper Article

Why Scottish nationalists won’t see Article 50 ruling as a defeat

Lynch P (2017) Why Scottish nationalists won’t see Article 50 ruling as a defeat. The Conversation. 25.01.2017. https://theconversation.com/why-scottish-nationalists-wont-see-article-50-ruling-as-a-defeat-71895

Book Chapter

Gordon Wilson

Lynch P (2016) Gordon Wilson. In: Mitchell J & Hassan G (eds.) Scottish National Party Leaders. London: Biteback, pp. 265-280. https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/SNP-leaders

Article

Bottom-up versus Top-down Campaigning at the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014

Lynch P (2015) Bottom-up versus Top-down Campaigning at the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. Revue Francaise de Civilisation Britannique, XX (2). https://doi.org/10.4000/rfcb.405

Newspaper Article

Sturgeon poised as Salmond quits and power struggle with Westminster begins

Lynch P (2014) Sturgeon poised as Salmond quits and power struggle with Westminster begins. The Conversation. 19.09.2014. https://theconversation.com/sturgeon-poised-as-salmond-quits-and-power-struggle-with-westminster-begins-31933

Edited Book

Scottish Political Parties and the 2014 Independence Referendum

Adamson K & Lynch P (eds.) (2014) Scottish Political Parties and the 2014 Independence Referendum. Political Studies. Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press. http://www.welsh-academic-press.com/Welsh%20Academic%20Press/Political%20Parties%20and%20the%20Scottish%20Independence%20Referendum%202014.html

Newspaper Article

Salmond courts women and Labour voters – and keeps a close eye on UKIP

Lynch P (2014) Salmond courts women and Labour voters – and keeps a close eye on UKIP. The Conversation. 14.04.2014. https://theconversation.com/salmond-courts-women-and-labour-voters-and-keeps-a-close-eye-on-ukip-25569

Authored Book

SNP: The History of the Scottish National Party, Second edition

Lynch P (2013) SNP: The History of the Scottish National Party, Second edition. 2nd ed. Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press. http://www.welsh-academic-press.com/Welsh%20Academic%20Press/SNP%20-%20The%20History%20of%20the%20Scottish%20National%20Party%20-%202nd%20Edition.html

Authored Book

SNP: The History of the Scottish National Party

Lynch P (2013) SNP: The History of the Scottish National Party. 2nd ed. Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press. http://www.welsh-academic-press.com/Welsh%20Academic%20Press/SNP%20-%20The%20History%20of%20the%20Scottish%20National%20Party%20-%202nd%20Edition.html

Book Chapter

The Scottish National Party and the Challenge of Political Representation

Lynch P (2011) The Scottish National Party and the Challenge of Political Representation. In: Elias A & Tronconi F (eds.) From Protest to Power: Autonomist Parties and the Challenges of Representation. Studien zur politischen Wirklichkeit, Band 26. Studien zur politischen Wirklichkeit, Band 26. Herausgegeben von Anton Pelinka: Braumuller Verlag, pp. 235-260. http://www.braumueller.at

Article

From Social Democracy back to No Ideology? - The Scottish National Party and Ideological Change in a Multi-level Electoral Setting

Lynch P (2009) From Social Democracy back to No Ideology? - The Scottish National Party and Ideological Change in a Multi-level Electoral Setting. Regional and Federal Studies, 19 (4-5), pp. 619-637. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597560903310402

Article

Platform for Success? The Scottish Broadcasting Commission 2008

Lynch P (2009) Platform for Success? The Scottish Broadcasting Commission 2008. Catalan Journal of Communication and Cultural Studies, 1 (1), pp. 105-110. http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=8465/; https://doi.org/10.1386/cjcs.1.1.105/7

Book Chapter

Constitutional Change without Bullets: Parties, Pressure Groups, Elections and Devolution in Scotland

Lynch P (2009) Constitutional Change without Bullets: Parties, Pressure Groups, Elections and Devolution in Scotland. In: Perales C (ed.) Media and Nationalism: The Basque, the Catalan, the Northern Ireland and the Scottish Cases. Vic, Spain: University of Vic/ Eumografic, pp. 79-95. https://www.libreriaproteo.com/libro-536772-MEDIA-AND-NATIONALISM-THE-BASQUE-THE-CATALAN-THE-NORTHERN-IRELAND-AND-THE-SCOTTISH-CASES.html

Article

The Shrinking Political Space of Minority Nationalist Parties in an Enlarged Europe of the Regions

Lynch P & De Winter L (2008) The Shrinking Political Space of Minority Nationalist Parties in an Enlarged Europe of the Regions. Regional and Federal Studies, 18 (5), pp. 583-606. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597560802351606

Article

Governing devolution: Understanding the office of First Ministers in Scotland and Wales

Lynch P (2006) Governing devolution: Understanding the office of First Ministers in Scotland and Wales. Parliamentary Affairs, 59 (3), pp. 420-436. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsj018

Article

Scottish independence, the Quebec model of secession and the political future of the Scottish national party

Lynch P (2005) Scottish independence, the Quebec model of secession and the political future of the Scottish national party. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 11 (4), pp. 503-531. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537110500379344

Article

Regions and the convention on the future of Europe: A dialogue with the deaf?

Lynch P (2004) Regions and the convention on the future of Europe: A dialogue with the deaf?. European Urban and Regional Studies, 11 (2), pp. 170-177. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776404041423

Article

New labour and the English regional development agencies: Devolution as evolution

Lynch P (1999) New labour and the English regional development agencies: Devolution as evolution. Regional Studies, 33 (1), pp. 73-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343409950118931

Article

Labour and Scottish devolution: Securing consensus and managing opposition

Lynch P (1996) Labour and Scottish devolution: Securing consensus and managing opposition. Regional Studies, 30 (6), pp. 601-606. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343409612331349898