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The House of Lords and Devolution: Already a Chamber of the Nations and Regions?
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract When it published its report in 2022, one of the main recommendations of the Brown Commission, established by the Labour Party to examine the future governance of the UK, was for the replacement of the House of Lords with an ‘assembly of the nations and regions’.
Adam Evans
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, 2013 This conference paper looks at European integration and autonomist parties from a Scottish National Party and Frisian National Party ...
Van Der Zwet, Arno
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Different Process, Same Outcome? The Problems of Within‐Party Sortition
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract A recent article in Political Quarterly argues for a ‘sortition of candidature’. We show that because political parties are not themselves socially representative, such a scheme would not result in a socially representative Parliament. Drawing on data from the Party Members Project, we show that while some demographic groups would be better ...
Philip Cowley, Paul Webb, Tim Bale
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Young SNP members: socio-nationalism, identity and politics
Frontiers in Political ScienceScotland is an interesting case study when it comes to politics, nationalism and identity. The separatist movement led by the Scottish National Party (SNP) raises a wide range of questions with regard to Scottish and British politics as well as people's ...
Claire Breniaux
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, 2008 The Scottish National party's 2007 devolved election campaign was endorsed by two prominent ‘conservative’ Christians – Brian Souter, one of Scotland's richest men, and Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the leader of the Scottish Catholic Church.
Steven, M., Steven, Martin
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The Red–Green Electoral Threat to the Labour Party
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract For the first time, Labour faces credible electoral threats from minor parties to its left. The Greens and the newly formed Your Party offer left‐wing and Muslim voters disillusioned with Labour viable electoral alternatives and parliamentary representation. This article considers how great the threat is to Labour. It uses a model of how minor
Thomas Quinn +2 more
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Improving linkage of data on looked after children in Scotland through operational innovations
International Journal of Population Data ScienceObjectives This project is scoping ways to improve the linkage rate of the Scottish Government’s longitudinal Looked After Children (LAC) dataset to other datasets by providing an appropriate, secure and practical mechanism for transferring more ...
Siân Robson, Rosie Seaman
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, 2010 MPhilWithin a number of Western nation-states, internal national minorities are advancing demands for political recognition and a measure of autonomy short of full independence.
Shevlane, Robin
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The Origins of the Human Rights Act: A ‘British Bill of Rights’ the First Time Around
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article reconstructs the first initiatives for a British Bill of Rights from the late 1960s to the mid‐1980s and argues that their failure shaped the eventual form of the Human Rights Act. Proposals for a Bill of Rights emerged across the political spectrum, but commanded most support on the right as a means of restraining trade unions ...
Marco Duranti, Chris Hilliard
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Center-Regional Relations in National Motivated Paradiplomacy: A Scottish Case Study
Journal of Paradiplomacy and City NetworksThis study investigated the complex dynamics of center-regional relations in nationally motivated paradiplomacy, using Scotland as a case study. As a devolved nation within the United Kingdom (UK), Scotland has actively pursued international engagement ...
Anggi Koenjaini Putri +2 more
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