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Voting at 16 – lessons for the future from the Scottish Referendum [PDF]

, 2017
The 2014 Referendum on Scottish independence raised many issues about the future of Scotland. It also produced an innovation as regards the electoral process by making 16 years the minimum age of participation. This article examines issues surrounding
Head, George, Hill, Malcolm, Lockyer, Andrew, McDonald, Craig A.   +3 more
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Un référendum sur l’indépendance est-il possible dans l’ordre juridique espagnol ? Le droit expliqué dans la presse

Cahiers de Civilisation Espagnole Contemporaine, 2017
Since the end of 2012, an intense debate over the possibility of Catalonia’s independence and the legal channels to call an independence referendum has been taking place. Newspapers provide constitutional law experts with a privileged space to explain to
Jorge Cagiao y Conde
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Higher Education and the Referendum on Scottish Independence [PDF]

The Political Quarterly, 2015
AbstractDuring the course of the referendum campaign, the Scottish government argued that free tuition for Scottish and EU students symbolised Scotland's preference for universal services and was intrinsically fairer than the ‘marketised’ systems operating in the rest of the UK.
Riddell, Sheila, Minty, Sarah, Weedon, Elisabet, Hunter Blackburn, Lucy   +3 more
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The Strange Case of the Scottish Independence Referendum. Some Elements of Comparison between the Scottish and Catalan Cases

Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2015
The Scottish independence referendum of 18 September 2014 was rather unique from an international perspective, as a comparison between the cases of Scotland and Catalonia clearly reveals.
Nathalie Duclos
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The Emotional Dimension of the Catalan Independentist Referendum in 2017

Politics and Governance
In this article, we examined the emotional regime emerging in Catalonia as a result of the 1st of October 2017 independence referendum and determined the effect of emotions and cleavages, among others, on the decision to vote in this referendum.
José Manuel Rivera Otero, Erika Jaráiz Gulías, Paloma Castro Martínez   +2 more
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Renegotiating Scottish Nationalism after the 2014 Independence Referendum

Études Écossaises, 2016
The discourse of pro-independence supporters and Unionists during the pre-referendum campaign in Scotland has revealed subtle, though important, differences in their visions of Scottish and British identities.
Emerence Hild
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Sport for Yes? The role of sporting issues in pro-independence political discourse during the Scottish independence referendum campaign [PDF]

, 2017
This article critically considers the extent to which sporting issues were harnessed by pro-independence political campaigners during the Scottish independence referendum campaign.
Allison L., Allison L., Anthony May, Bairner A., Bairner A., Bairner A., Bairner A., Blain N., Bradley J., Bradley J., Brand J., Conversi D., Darby P., Darby P., Dixon K., Duke V., Edensor T., Fairclough I., Fairclough N., Fairclough N., Harvie C., Holt R., Hutchinson J., Jarvie G., Jarvie G., Jarvie G., Keating M., Kedourie E., Kohn H., Kowalski R., Maclennan H.D., Maguire J., Nairn T., Pittock M., Polley M., Scottish Government, Smith A.D., Smith A.D., Stuart Whigham, Titscher S., Vaczi M., Vaczi M., Working Group on Scottish Sport and Scottish Government, Working Group on Scottish Sport and Scottish Government   +43 more
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Razem czy osobno?

Politeja, 2014
Together or Separately? Scottish Independence Tendencies In 1707, the Act of Union formally united Scotland with England as Great Britain. Scotland retained its own legal system, churches and universities but all real political power moved to London ...
Joanna Aleksandra Radowicz
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Maximising Consent: Operationalising Reciprocity in Secession Referenda [PDF]

, 2015
A constitutional referendum on secession from Indonesia was held in East Timor in 1999, with a pro-independence vote triggering widespread violence by the Indonesian army and pro-union militia.
Stephens, Cody
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Vote no to the constitutional sideshow

Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2014
The whole independence debate is a monumental sideshow. A waste of valuable time that could be spent on the key challenges facing our country. A waste of energy that should have been used to find solutions to the major problems of society.
Garry Coutts
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