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Citizenship Studies, 2018 This paper examines the rights claims-making that young people engaged in during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum when the right to vote was extended to 16- and 17-year-olds for the first time in the UK.
Gurchathen Sanghera +3 more
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Voter Experiences during Bougainville’s 2019 Independence Referendum [PDF]
, 2020 This In Brief sets out the results of the independence referendum in Bougainville, held between 23 November and 7 December 2019, and presents the findings of research undertaken on a range of administrative irregularities and problems that affected voter
Kolova, Steven
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Education is a central mechanism for ensuring that Indigenous–State treaties are understood, supported and endure through political change. Public knowledge shapes the negotiation, acceptance, implementation and long‐term stability of agreements. In Australia, however, treaty knowledge remains fragmented.
Jacob Prehn, Harry Hobbs, Jessica Horton
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The Scottish Independence Referendum : Constitutional and Political Implications
, 2016 The September 2014 Scottish independence referendum was an event of profound constitutional and political significance, not only for Scotland, but for the United Kingdom as a whole.
Mullen, Tom +3 more
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The argument in support of Scottish independence
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2014 In this contribution to the debate I trace distinctive strands in a Scottish approach to social welfare. I make a case that manifestations of a Scottish approach are, however, susceptible to the vagaries of political decisions and directions emanating ...
Mark Smith
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European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Previous research has focused on disadvantaged groups seeking social change, overlooking how dominant groups mobilize to preserve the status quo. Across three studies (two correlational, one experimental), we explored how collective grievance—the feeling of being or having been collectively wronged by an outgroup—drives system‐preserving ...
Beatriz Alba, Alexandra Vázquez
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Newly Enfranchised Voters:Political Attitudes of Under 18-Year Olds in the Context of the Referendum on Scotland’s Constitutional Future [PDF]
, 2014 This paper summarises results from the only representative and comprehensive survey of Scots under the age of 18 who will be enfranchised to vote in the referendum in September 2014 following the lowering of the voting age to 16.
Eichhorn, Jan
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Membership‐Making in Diverse Societies: Revisiting the Idea of Society as a Common Possession
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The traditional aim of Western social democracy has been to create a society that is a ‘common possession’ of its members (in T.H. Marshall's words). Social democratic politics has therefore been both society‐making and membership‐making, orienting people to a shared society as an object of attachment and loyalty, and nurturing membership ...
Will Kymlicka
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Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2018 This paper investigates the extent to which companies headquartered in Scotland were exposed to heightened political uncertainty in the run-up to, and after, the 2014 independence referendum.
Julia Darby, G. Roy
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Feared, revered, and politicized, wolves have long captured human imagination, and ignited fierce conservation conflicts. In the United States, the Endangered Species Act protects species at risk of extinction from human impacts. This far‐reaching legislation, which impacts development and state‐level wildlife management, has been fraught with legal ...
Iree Wheeler +9 more
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