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Attitudes to voting rules and electoral system preferences : evidence from the 1999 and 2003 Scottish Parliament elections [PDF]

, 2011
Researchers have paid little attention to the way citizens evaluate different electoral systems. This reflects the limited knowledge citizens are presumed to have about alternative electoral arrangements. However, the establishment of a legislature under
Ben Seyd, Seyd, Ben, Curtice, John, John Curtice   +3 more
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Senedd Reform: From Aspiration to Cold‐Headed Reality?

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 164-172, January/March 2025.
Abstract In May 2024, the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill completed its legislative journey through the Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament. The bill marks the latest chapter in the Senedd's evolution from an assembly established with no formally separated executive branch and no primary legislative powers into a lawmaking and tax‐raising ...
Adam Evans
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Issue Ownership and Framing

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This article explores how Scottish political parties frame their owned issues on social media to persuade voters during the run-up to elections. Through a qualitative analysis of 150 Twitter and Facebook posts from five major Scottish parties, the study
Cara McLaughlin
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Le Scottish National Party de 1979 à 1997 : anatomie d’un parti parvenu à la maturité politique

Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2006
The dissensions within the SNP between gradualists and fundamentalists on the strategy that the party ought to adopt in order to achieve its political objective, namely independence for Scotland, meant that the party wavered between moderation and ...
Annie Thiec
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Scotland's 21st century opportunity Government expenditure and revenues in Scotland, 2000-2002

, 2000
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:m03/32819 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited ...
Scottish National Party (United Kingdom)
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Centralised by Design: Anglocentric Constitutionalism, Accountability and the Failure of English Devolution

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 189-198, January/March 2025.
Abstract The Labour manifesto in this year's election implied a radical restructuring of the UK state, the way in which England is governed and in relations across the United Kingdom. The aim of making English devolution the ‘default option’ is set against fifty years of unsuccessful and partial devolution initiatives which have failed to reverse the ...
John Denham, Janice Morphet
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National identity and party affiliation are set to play a key role in the Scottish referendum, whose result is more uncertain than opinion polls suggest

, 2013
This blog entry explores how Scottish attitudes to the two options vary according to national and party identity. They find that perceptions of national identity polarise assessments of Scotland's performance under independence more so than they do for ...
McAngus, Craig, Van Der Zwet, Arno
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Playing the System: Electoral Bias in the 2024 UK General Election

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 65-73, January/March 2025.
Abstract The UK's 2024 general election was the least proportional of modern times. Labour's substantial parliamentary majority rested on the smallest ever winning party vote share. The Conservatives, meanwhile, suffered one of their worst ever results.
Charles Pattie, David Cutts
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Autonomist and Separatist Parties in Britain and France: Emphasis on the Left [PDF]

Современная Европа
The article examines the state, activity and ideology of left-wing autonomist and separatist parties in Britain and France. The authors compare their experience and come to the conclusion that the separatist trend prevails in the UK, whereas in France ...
Ruslan V. Kostiuk, Nikita G. Samoilov
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Local Leaflets: Constituency Issue Messaging at the 2024 General Election

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 111-119, January/March 2025.
Abstract The 2024 general election brought about a significant change in the parliamentary balance of power. There has already been much attention devoted to the issues that dominated the national campaign. Using original leaflet data from the OpenElections project, this study extends the focus to explore the issues emphasised in local electoral ...
Alan Duggan, Caitlin Milazzo, Siim Trumm
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