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Overview

Patrick Seyd is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom and specializes in the social sciences, with a particular focus on political science and international relations, as well as communication. They have contributed to research that intersects with various aspects of political participation, electoral systems, social media influence on politics, populism, and social policy.

Their research topics include:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Political and Economic History of UK and US

Patrick Seyd has published work in notable academic venues such as Parliamentary Affairs and British Politics. Their recent papers include:

  • "Dynamics of Intra-Party Organisation in the Digital Age: A Grassroots Analysis of Digital Adoption," published in 2020 by Parliamentary Affairs
  • "Corbyn's labour party: managing the membership surge," published in 2020 by British Politics

Their body of work includes collaboration with several frequent co-authors, demonstrating engagement within a multidisciplinary academic community. The common collaborators are:

  • Paul Whiteley
  • Katharine Dommett
  • Luke Temple
  • Harold D. Clarke

Patrick Seyd's primary research is situated within social sciences with six documented publications, of which five fall under political science and international relations and one under communication. Their investigations often address the structural and participatory dimensions of political organizations, public engagement in electoral processes, and the impact of digital platforms on political activities.

Best Publications

  • Citizenship in Britain: Values, Participation and Democracy

    Charles Pattie;Patrick Seyd;Paul Whiteley

  • Labour's Grass Roots: The Politics of Party Membership

    Patrick Seyd;Paul Whiteley

  • Citizenship and Civic Engagement: Attitudes and Behaviour in Britain:

    Charles Pattie;Patrick Seyd;Paul Whiteley

  • High-Intensity Participation: The Dynamics of Party Activism in Britain

    Paul F Whiteley;Patrick Seyd

  • New Labour's Grassroots: The Transformation of the Labour Party Membership

    Patrick Seyd;Paul F. Whiteley

  • True Blues: The Politics of Conservative Party Membership

    Paul Whiteley;Patrick Seyd;J. J. Richardson

  • British Party Members: An Overview

    Patrick Seyd;Paul Whiteley

  • Local Party Campaigning and Electoral Mobilization in Britain

    Paul F. Whiteley;Patrick Seyd

  • Explaining Party Activism: The Case of the British Conservative Party

    Paul F. Whiteley;Patrick Seyd;Jeremy Richardson;Paul Bissell

  • New Parties/New Politics?: A Case Study of the British Labour Party

    Patrick Seyd

  • The Dynamics of Party Activism in Britain: A Spiral of Demobilization?

    Paul F. Whiteley;Patrick Seyd

  • The rise and fall of the labour left

    Patrick Seyd

  • Rationality and party activism: Encompassing tests of alternative models of political participation

    Paul F. Whitely;Patrick Seyd

  • How to win a landslide by really trying: the effects of local campaigning on voting in the 1997 British general election

    P. Whiteley;P. Seyd

  • Measuring Local Campaign Effects: Labour Party Constituency Campaigning at the 1987 General Election

    Charles Pattie;Paul Whiteley;Ron Johnston;Patrick Seyd

  • Third Force Politics

    Paul Whiteley;Patrick Seyd;Antony Billinghurst

  • Radical Sheffield: from Socialism to Entrepreneurialism

    Patrick Seyd

  • Citizenship in Britain: Modelling Citizenship

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  • Civic Attitudes and Engagement in Modern Britain

    Charles Pattie;Patrick Seyd;Paul Whiteley

  • New Labour's Grassroots

    Patrick Seyd;Paul Whiteley

  • High-Intensity Participation

    Patrick Seyd;Paul Whiteley

  • Labour's Vote and Local Activism: The Impact of Local Constituency Campaigns.

    Paul Whiteley;Patrick Seyd

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Whiteley
Paul Whiteley University of Essex
Charles Pattie
Charles Pattie University of Sheffield
Paul Bissell
Paul Bissell University of Huddersfield
Ron Johnston
Ron Johnston University of Bristol

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