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The UK Independence Party: Understanding a Niche Party's Strategy, Candidates and Supporters

Lynch’s substantial and distinctive contribution involves: (1) analysis of the original dataset resulting from the authors’ surveys of UKIP candidates at the 2010 general election and 2009 European election, notably their views on key strategic issues facing the party such as the extension of its policy platform, its relationship with the Conservative Party and its role in the European Parliament; and (2) analysis of UKIP as a niche party, extending the literature on niche parties to include a hard Eurosceptic party and utilising it to provide a comparative context for understanding UKIP’s development and the challenges it faces.

Contribution: 47.5%.