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Holidaying behind the Iron Curtain: The material culture of tourism in Cold War Eastern Europe

open access: yesMatkailututkimus, 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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Scottish voters rewrite a well-worn script [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
First paragraph: A hung parliament: how little we appreciate the shape-shifting nature of politics in the UK. Like many people, I thought most analysis of the Scottish political landscape post-general election could be expressed before we fully knew the ...
Cairney, Paul
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Scottish Digital Network Panel: Final Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The Panel was asked to make recommendations on how a Scottish Digital Network could be established and funded, taking as a starting point the conclusions of the Scottish Broadcasting Commission. The key requirement for the SDN is to "provide a secure and
McGhee, Charles   +4 more
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Illness beyond the Scottish National Imaginary: Anorexia and Scots-Italian Historical Trauma in Andrew O’Hagan’s Personality

open access: yesÉtudes Écossaises
Madness and altered psychological states are prominent themes in Scottish literature and criticism. However, many forms of mental distress do not fit the national imaginary and are therefore under-researched. This article discusses two such health issues,
Fred Spence
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John Knox and education

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
John Knox the 16th century Scottish reformer made a lasting impact on the Scottish nation in the fields of society, politics, church and education. He is remembered mainly for his reform of the church but he also made a significant contribution to the ...
Graham A. Duncan
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Pressure on Nicola Sturgeon is intense, but there's still room to be positive about second Scottish indyref [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
First paragraph: There have been two dramatic stories in Scottish politics in recent days. One has seen Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, hold talks with her UK counterpart Theresa May over the ongoing Brexit crisis; and confirming she will ...
Lynch, Peter
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Young SNP members: socio-nationalism, identity and politics

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
Scotland 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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Making politics educational: the experience of the Scottish referendum on independence

open access: yesHistoria Social y de la Educación, 2015
In 2014 the issue of constitutional change in the UK brought about by an agreement between the UK and Scottish Government, for a referendum on Scottish independence, created the motivation for widespread political engagement with the formal political ...
Jim Crowther
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Scottish Household Survey, 2013

open access: yes, 2016
copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) is a continuous survey based on a sample of the general population in private residences in Scotland.
Ipsos MORI, Scottish Government
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Reconstructing the Future: Contemporary Scottish Literature and the Nation

open access: yesÉtudes Écossaises, 2018
This article examines the recent development in Scottish literature and criticism, away from the critical commonplace that describes how Scottish culture has, in the decades since the 1979 referendum, been aligned with Scottish nationalism. Starting from
Marie-Odile Pittin-Hédon
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