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The Question of the vis-à-vis: Scotland and Others
E-REA, 2022 The essence of identity is ‘othering’. Who we are not matters as much as who we take ourselves to be. Identities – including those of nation, class, gender and ‘race’ – do not stand alone, but are to be understood in the context of the vis-à-vis.
David McCRONE
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What Do We Mean When We Talk about the 'Political Class'? [PDF]
, 2017 This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Allen, Peter, and Paul Cairney. "What Do We Mean When We Talk about the ‘Political Class’?." Political Studies Review (2015), which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111 ...
Allen, P, Cairney, P
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The SNP’s Conception of Scottish Society and Citizenship, 2007-2014
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2016 In a context where the Scottish National Party (SNP) has become the dominant party in Scotland, this article explores one aspect of the party’s ideology, namely its conception of Scottish society and citizenship, based on an analysis of the speeches made
Nathalie Duclos
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Narrating Devolution: Politics and/as Scottish Fiction
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings, 2017 This article explores the tensions between the competing cultural and political narratives of devolution, anchored around James Robertson’s state- of-the-nation novel And the Land Lay Still (2010).
Scott Hames
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Review: Scottish Popular Politics [PDF]
Scottish Affairs, 2000 This is not a book aimed at the general reader since it assumes throughout that the reader is already familiar with the major political events and characters of Scottish and British political history since the end of the eighteenth century. Hamish Fraser unashamedly addresses himself to the relatively small community of historians, undergraduates or ...
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Women candidates and councillors in Scottish local government, 1974-2012 [PDF]
, 2016 While significant attention has been paid to the levels of representation of women in both the Westminster Parliament and the Scottish Parliament, much less considered has been given to the position within local government.
Bochel C. +24 more
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Bioinspired Shape‐Memory Hook Fasteners With Programmable Interlocking and Silent Release
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Bioinspired hook fasteners made from epoxy shape‐memory polymers are shown to switch between strong, secure attachment and gentle, silent release when heated. By combining programmable geometry and material response, these adaptive fasteners outperform commercial systems in strength and noise control, enabling new solutions for robotics, medical ...
Maria I. Vallejo Ciro +3 more
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Holidaying behind the Iron Curtain: The material culture of tourism in Cold War Eastern Europe
Matkailututkimus, 2022 During the Twentieth Century, foreign travel underwent a process of democratisation. Increasingly, through the development of package holidays to ever more far-flung destinations, leisure tourism for the first time allowed ordinary people to experience ...
Carys Wilkins
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, 2012 What are the strategies, modalities and aspirations of island-based, stateless nationalist and regionalist parties in the twenty-first century? Political independence is now easier to achieve, even by the smallest of territories; yet, it is not so likely
Armstrong H. W. +16 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.A versatile approach is presented for fabricating smart multifunctional textiles by integrating thermo‐fluorescent carbon dot/polymer nanocomposite coatings with 3D‐printed interlocked architectures. The fabrics exhibit temperature‐responsive fluorescence, durable hydrophobicity, strong antibacterial and antioxidant activity, and enhanced UV protection.
Poushali Das +8 more
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