Dr Elisabeth Carter
- Title
- Senior Lecturer in Politics
- Location
- CBA 2.009
- Role
- Research Director
Research Cluster Lead (Centre for Comparative Politics and Policy) - Contact me
- Email is best
- Phone
- +44 (0)1782 734248
- e.carter@keele.ac.uk
Biography
I received my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of Manchester. I studied for a BA in European Studies and Modern Languages (French and German) and an MA in European Politics and Policy before going on to complete a PhD that examined the electoral fortunes of right-wing extremist parties across Western Europe. I came to Keele in 2003 as a post-doctoral researcher within the Keele European Parties Research Unit (KEPRU). I was then appointed Lecturer in Politics in 2005, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2011.
I have been involved in a number of cross-national research groups and have worked on several international collaborative projects including an ESRC-funded project (based at Keele) on the Europeanization of national political parties, and on the EU Profiler, a voting advice application for the European Parliament elections of 2009.
I am the Research Director in the School of Social, Political and Global Studies, and and the REF Lead for Politics and International Studies.
Research and scholarship
My areas of research are:
- Comparative European Politics
- Political Parties and Party Systems
- Elections, Electoral Institutions and Electoral Behaviour
- Right-Wing Extremism
Teaching
- Modern Democracies (Year 1)
- The Extreme Right in Western Europe (Year 3)
- Dissertation in Politics and International Relations (Year 3)
- Comparative European Politics (M-level)
- Research in Action (M-level)
- Approaches to Research Design and Process (M-level / PhD level)
Selected Publications
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2018. Right-wing extremism/radicalism: reconstructing the concept. JOURNAL OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES, 157-182, vol. 23(2). link> doi> full text>
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2010. How European Integration Changes National Parties: Evidence from a 15-Country Study. West European Politics, 297-324, vol. 33(2). doi>
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Poguntke P, Aylott N, Carter E, Ladrech R (Eds.). 2007. The Europeanization of National Political Parties: Power and Organizational Adaptation. Abingdon: Routledge.
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2006. Political Opportunity Structures and Right-Wing Extremist Party Success. European Journal of Political Research, 419-443, vol. 45(3). doi>
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2005. The Extreme Right in Western Europe: Success or Failure?. Manchester University Press.
Full Publications Listshow
Books
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Poguntke P, Aylott N, Carter E, Ladrech R (Eds.). 2007. The Europeanization of National Political Parties: Power and Organizational Adaptation. Abingdon: Routledge.
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2005. The Extreme Right in Western Europe: Success or Failure?. Manchester University Press.
Journal Articles
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2018. Right-wing extremism/radicalism: reconstructing the concept. JOURNAL OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES, 157-182, vol. 23(2). link> doi> full text>
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2002. Proportional Representation and the Fortunes of Right-Wing Extremist Parties. West European Politics, 125-146, vol. 25(3). doi>
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2010. How European Integration Changes National Parties: Evidence from a 15-Country Study. West European Politics, 297-324, vol. 33(2). doi>
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2009. Christian Religiosity and Voting for West European Radical Right Parties. West European Politics, 985-1011, vol. 32(5). doi>
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2006. Political Opportunity Structures and Right-Wing Extremist Party Success. European Journal of Political Research, 419-443, vol. 45(3). doi>
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2004. Does PR Promote Extremism? Evidence from the West European Parties of the Extreme Right. Representation, 82-100, vol. 40(2). doi>
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2004. Does PR Promote Political Extremism? A Rejoinder. Representation, 63-66, vol. 41(1). doi>
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2002. Doctoral Research: The Electoral Fortunes of the Extreme Right in Western Europe. European Political Science, 65-66, vol. 1(2). doi>
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2001. Comparative Mapping of Extreme Right Electoral Dynamics: An Overview of EREPS. European Political Science, 42-53, vol. 1(1). doi>
Chapters
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2017. Party Ideology. In The Populist Radical Right: A Reader. Mudde C (Ed.). Abingdon and New York: Routledge.
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2010. Electoral Systems and Election Management. In Comparing Democracies 3. LeDuc L, Niemi RG, Norris P (Eds.). Sage Publications Ltd.
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2010. United Kingdom. In The 2009 Elections to the European Parliament: Country Reports. Gagatek W (Ed.). San Domenico di Fiesole (FI): European University Institute. doi>
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2007. European Integration and Internal Party Dynamics. In The Europeanization of National Political Parties: Power and Organizational Adaptation. Poguntke T, Aylott N, Carter E, Ladrech R, Luther KR (Eds.). Abingdon: Routledge.
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2007. Government Change, Organizational Continuity: The Limited Europeanization of British Political Parties. In The Europeanization of National Political Parties: Power and Organizational Adaptation. Poguntke T, Aylott N, Carter E, Ladrech R, Luther KR (Eds.). Abingdon: Routledge.
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2006. Sistemi elettorali, leggi elettorali e fortune dei partiti politici in Europa occidentale. In Partiti e sistemi di partito. Bardi L (Ed.). Bologna: Il Mulino.
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2004. Changing Party Access to Elections. In Democracy Transformed? Expanding Political Opportunities in Advanced Industrial Democracies. Cain BE, Dalton RJ, Scarrow SE (Eds.). Oxford University Press.
Other
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2008. Book Review: "Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe" by C.Mudde. Political Studies Review.
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2007. Far Right: A Review of "Extreme Right Parties in Western Europe", by P. Ignazi; "Right-wing Extremism in the Twenty-first Century, by P.H.Merkl and L.Weinberg (eds); "From Tax Populism to Ethnic Nationalism: Radical Right-wing Populism in Sweden", by J.Rydgren; and "Modernity and Secession: The Social Sciences and the Political Discourse of the Lega Nord in Italy, by M.Huysseune.
PhD Supervision
- Comparative European Politics
- Political Parties and Party Systems
- Elections, Electoral Institutions and Electoral Behaviour
- Right-Wing Extremism
Prospective students interested in pursuing doctoral research in these areas are welcome to get in touch with me.
Further information is available about studying for a PhD in Politics.
