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The Independence Referendum of 2014

2020
AbstractThe Scottish independence referendum of 2014 was a rare event in an advanced democracy. Under the Edinburgh Agreement between the UK and Scottish governments, both sides accepted the process and the question and pledged to respect the result. The debate revolved around the meaning of Scottish and British identities; the economic consequences of
Michael Keating, Nicola McEwen
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Referendums on Independence, 1860–2011

The Political Quarterly, 2014
There have been more than 50 independence referendums since the middle of the 19th Century when Texas, Virginia and Tennessee—albeit unsuccessfully—voted to leave the USA. A handful of plebiscites were held in each decade after 1945, but most independence referendums were held after the break‐down of communism.
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The Scottish Independence Referendum 2014

Journal of Law and Society, 2014
On 18 September, in a historic referendum, the people of Scotland voted by 55.3 per cent to 44.7 per cent to remain in the United Kingdom. This article provides an immediate response. It is inevitably provisional and broadbrush in character and cannot cover all of the varied and conflicting perspectives on the referendum and its consequences; it is ...
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Democracy, Realism and Independence Referendums

2020
The chapter analyses the factors conducive to recognizing independence referendums. After a tour d’horizon of the history of referendums on independence and a summary of the legal position, the chapter argues that independence referendums are most likely to be implemented when this in the interest of the three Western Powers on the UN Security Council.
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The Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014

2021
The discovery of North Sea oil in the 1960s was followed by significant support for the pro-independence SNP. A devolved Scottish Parliament was established in 1999, which unionists hoped would undermine support for independence. However, in 2011 the SNP secured an overall majority, and the UK government accepted that an independence referendum should ...
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Religion and the Scottish Independence Referendum

The Political Quarterly, 2013
The Scottish independence referendum debate, like the Act of Union of 1707, has significant religious dimensions. The Act gave special recognition through the monarch to the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. The Church, a national church, has not yet declared a position on independence, but is seeking to protect its existing privileges whatever the ...
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Plebiscitarianism Revisited: A Typology of Independence Referendums

Canadian Journal of Political Science, 2021
AbstractThis article explores the strategic functions of independence referendums. These referendums are normally framed as popular decisions on statehood over a certain territory. However, I argue that the popular will does not always have the decisory function that plebiscitarian theories suggest.
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After the Scottish Independence Referendum

2019
Abstract This chapter examines the independence referendum in Scotland, held on September 18, 2014, and its implications for the federal direction of the United Kingdom. The referendum saw 55 percent of Scots say “No” to the question: “Should Scotland be an Independent Country?”.
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Independence referendums in international law

2022
Daniel Moeckli, Nils Reimann
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Australia and the Scottish Independence Referendum

2016
The chapter analyzes data from print and online media, including online broadcaster sites, and includes an overview of the Australian media landscape. It also notes the significant percentage of Australians (8.9%) who are Scottish or of Scottish descent. There was considerable Australian interest in the referendum. While there was focus on the Scottish
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