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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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On the Threshold of Independence? Scotland One Year after the SNP Election Victory [PDF]
Romanian Journal of European Affairs, 2008 In 2007, marking both the tercentenary of the Anglo-Scottish Union and the tenth anniversary of the successful Devolution Referendum, the May elections caused a political earthquake, breaking the nearly five decades of hegemony of Scottish Labour at the ...
Eberhard Bort
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Essai de promotion et de défense d’un intérêt économique écossais par le gouvernement SNP
Études Écossaises, 2011 Once Alex Salmond and his Scottish National Party came to power after winning the 2007 election to the Scottish Parliament, they had intended to promote Scotland by attracting investors with low taxes within the limited powers granted by the devolution ...
Edwige Camp-Pietrain
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Études Écossaises, 2013 Over the years, the Scottish National Party has clearly emphasised the alienness of England’s ethos (epitomised by Margaret Thatcher), thereby building on the idea that the two nations are divided in ways that go beyond their mere historical ...
Didier Revest
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Scottish exceptionalism? Normative codes of Scottish nationalism in the British and EU crises [PDF]
, 2017 Scotland has thus far proved immune to the appeal of right-wing populism present in many European neoliberal democracies. This paper argues that changing tension balances in the crises facing the UK as a union state cannot be reduced to an understanding ...
Law, Alex
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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Revue Française de Civilisation BritanniqueThe Covid-19 pandemic unfolded in the UK in a specific context where, in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum, much of the political scene had been dominated by constitutional politics.
Nelly Gérard
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Abstract Aim To identify safety concerns reported by coroners following fentanyl patch‐related deaths in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and determine differences in coronial reporting. Methods A systematic case series linking the National Programme on Substance Use Mortality (NPSUM) and the Preventable Deaths Tracker (PDT) (https ...
Eman Mshari +2 more
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Developing inclusive practice in Scotland: the National Framework for Inclusion [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction and context Developing the Framework Principles of the revised National Framework for Inclusion Reflections on the collaborative processes in developing the Framework Using the Framework Conclusion References Full Article Figures & data ...
Ainscow M. +13 more
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
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