Associate Professor Danny Rye
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN POLITICS
History and Politics
0151 291 3329
ryed@hope.ac.uk
BA (Hons) (Sussex); MSc (London); PhD (London)
Biography:
Since completing my PhD in 2012 (which was awarded the PSA's Sir Ernest Barker Prize), my research has been focused largely on the changing nature political organisation, particularly the democratic role played by community organising groups like Citizens UK and campaigning platforms like 38 Degrees, local activism and political participation, and the impact of movement style politics and technology on political parties in the UK and the United States.
As well as several journal articles, I am also the author of a book, Political Parties and the Concept of Power (Palgrave 2014), which is an exploration of the organisation and operation of power in a political party which draws on my own framework of power. I have also written for a number of key web-based publications such as Open Democracy, the Democratic Audit and the LSE British Politics and Policy blog and am a commentator on political events on BBC Radio in the region.
My research interests include activism and political participation, social movements and organisations, theories of power, and political parties and organisation generally and the British Labour Party in particular.
I am currently working on two projects, one linked to the Labour Party's ideological currents, specifically aspects of small 'c' conservatism in its approach to politics (expected 2024) and also a book exploring the concept of power and how to employ it in political analysis (expected 2024)
I am keen to supervise other promising PhD candidates on topics that reflect my research interests, including British Politics, political parties and organisations, social movements and aspects of political theory, especially political power. If you are interested in my supervising your project please visit Hope's Postgraduate Research page or e-mail me directly.
Teaching Specialisms:
My teaching responsibilities are wide ranging but my main focus is on British Politics and aspects of political theory, especially the concept of power. I also teach aspects of political analysis, research methods and key study skills.
School/Faculty Roles:
Assessments Coordinator, Humanities Research Committee, External Relations and Networking, Political Studies Research Group Convenor.
Recent Publications and Projects:
Rye, D. (2024) Party Organisations and the Campaign in Jackson, Parry, Harmer, Lilleker, Firmstone, Wright and Thorsen
(eds) UK Election Analysis 2024: Media, Voters and the Campaign (Centre for Comparative Politics & Media Research at
Bournemouth University.)
Rye, D. (2024) Activists and Activism Success: towards a Grounded Conceptualisation. Interest Groups and Advocacy. (published online https://doi.org/10.1057/s41309-024-00204-y
Rye, D. (2021) Political Parties (fully revised) in Norton, P and Jones, B (eds) Politics UK 10th Ed (London: Routledge)
Muldoon, J. and Rye, D. (2020) Conceptualising Party Driven Movements British Journal of Politics and International Relations 22:3 485-504
Rye, D. (2018) Political Parties in Norton, P and Jones, B (eds) Politics UK 9th Ed (London: Routledge)
Dommett, K. and Rye D. (2018) Taking up the baton? New campaigning organisations and the enactment of representative functions Politics 38:4 411-427