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Transformation of the Role of Third and Minor Parties in the Political and Party System of Great Britain in 2010-2022 [PDF]

Современная Европа, 2022
In the period under review, several significant events took place that resulted in a broad socio-political crisis in British politics. General elections were held four times including two snap elections.
T.V. Nazaruk
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Coalition or Opposition? The Behaviour of Regionalist Parties in Multi-level Competition: The Cases of the Basque Country and Scotland

RUDN Journal of Political Science, 2022
This article compares the positioning behaviour of parties and reveals why one party joins a coalition, while others do not. The cases of two regionalist parties of the UK and Spain are depicted: the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Basque National ...
Yulia A. Belous, Andrei S. Tarasov
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Party Strength of Regionalist Parties of United Kingdom: Conceptualisation and Measuring

RUDN Journal of Political Science, 2021
The article conceptualizes the concept of party strength and the measurement of its two quantitative elements (electoral and institutional) by example of four United Kingdom regionalist parties: Scottish National Party, Democratic Unionist Party, Sinn ...
Mikhail V. Grabevnik
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The Uglier Side of Bonnie Scotland: the Tinker Housing Experiments

International Journal of Roma Studies, 2021
The aim of this paper is to illumine the insidious and covert nature of the racially motivated programme of measures, implemented by the State Party and other key stakeholders in Scottish society, ostensibly designed to crush and eradicate age-old ...
Shamus McPhee
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Scotland: Nation without Nationalism?

Сравнительная политика, 2015
In the period before 1990s two concepts were used to describe the Scottish political development: “Nation without nationalism” and “The stateless nation”.
Ya. I. Maltsev
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The Scottish National Party and the Economics of Nationalism: from Oil to Renewables?

Revue LISA, 2023
The SNP’s nationalism is based on Scotland’s economic resources, especially oil. Such a strategy helped the party gain representation in the House of Commons from the 1970s and was still regarded as an asset in the run-up to the 2014 referendum on ...
Edwige Camp-Pietrain
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We in Scotland have to make our stand for pure Liberalism: John M. Bannerman and Scottish Politics, 1932-1968

Scottish Studies
This article assesses the political career of John M. Bannerman from his entry into Scottish politics in the early 1930s until his final speeches in the House of the Lords in the late 1960s.
Ewen A. Cameron
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Territorialité politique, nationalisme et traversées constitutionnelles en Écosse

Études Écossaises, 2016
This paper intends to explore the nature of the nationalist ideology promoted by the SNP in light of the concept of territoriality. Indeed, the process of legislative devolution, which is representative of a crossing of the Anglo-Scottish border at ...
Arnaud Fiasson
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The Battle of Brexit. Analysis of the 2019 United Kingdom General Election Results

Polish Political Science Yearbook, 2020
The article presents the main parties (i.e. the Conservative Party, Labor Party, Liberal Democrats and Scottish National Party) results of the 2019 UK general election as well as an analysis of the most important issues (i.e.
Bartłomiej H. Toszek
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Devolution, the Independence Referendum and Votes at 16 in Scotland: Holyrood, a Pioneer in Democracy Leading the Way for Westminster?

Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2019
The Scottish Parliament enfranchised 16 and 17-year-olds prior to the 2014 referendum on independence of Scotland from the UK. Scotland was among the very first nations in the world to lower the minimum voting age below 18.
Sarah Pickard
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