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‘Scottish Control of Scottish Affairs’

2020
This chapter continues its analysis of Scottish Conservative ‘nationalist unionism’ by tracing the evolution of the party’s more ostentatiously nationalist ‘Scottish Control of Scottish Affairs’ agenda after the Second World War. This was the consequence of several forces in Scottish and British politics, chiefly rising nationalist sentiment in ...
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Neurological Scottish neologisms

Practical Neurology, 2019
In 1983, Douglas Adams and John Lloyd published The Meaning of Liff ,1 a magnificent and hugely successful humourous book in which hundreds of common experiences, emotions, objects and situations were assigned UK place names (figure 1). Some of our personal favourites include the following: Figure 1 The (original) meaning of Liff book.
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The Idea of Commercial Society in the Scottish Enlightenment

, 2013
This is the first exposition of how Enlightenment thinkers viewed this idea that shapes the world today. The Scottish Enlightenment was the first intellectual movement to view commercial society as a distinct and distinctive social formation - one that ...
Christopher J. Berry
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The Scottish question

Scottish Affairs, 1993
It is perhaps hard to believe now, but the Conservative Party has not always set its face firmly against Devolution, in the form of a Scottish Assembly. Indeed, in the late 60s and early 70s there were two high-powered think tanks working on proposals on behalf of the Party.
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Introduction: Scottish Liberalism and Scottish Society

2022
This short introductory chapter captures the long-standing hegemony of the Scottish Liberal Party during the 19th century and identifies a gap in the literature relating to studies of Scottish Liberalism. It also reviews existing studies and acknowledges those who have aided the present volume.
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Scottish Government

A Diverse Assembly, 1998
Elli Kontorravdis
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Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

, 2010
V. Preedy, Ronald R. Watson
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Scottish devolution and the Scottish diaspora

National Identities, 2012
This paper describes the relationship that exists between Scotland and its diaspora and the ways in which this has changed since the advent of devolution. Based on interviews carried out primarily in the United States, it explores how members of the diaspora have adopted a less historical and sentimental approach to their ‘homeland’ and are ...
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Scottish Literacy and the Scottish Identity

1985
Scottish education and literacy have achieved a legendary status. A campaign promoted by church and state between 1560 and 1696 is said to have produced the most literate population in the early modern world. This book sets out to test this belief by comparing the ability to read and write in Scotland with northern England in particular and with Europe
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