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The1997 Scottish referendum : an analysis of the Scottish referendum [PDF]
, 1988 Referendums are rare events in the United Kingdom. Only one UK-wide referendum has been held - on membership of the European Community (as it then was) in 1975 - and before 1997 there had been only three other significant referendums: in 1973, in ...
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The Scottish Independence Referendum and After
Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2015 The Scottish independence referendum on 18 September 2014 produced an apparently decisive result, with 45 per cent for independence and 55 per cent against. Yet, it has not settled the constitutional issue.
Michael Keating
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Scotland’s road to IndyRef2, between two Unions [PDF]
Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2022 Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, has announced a second independence referendum will be held on 19 October 2023. Given the UK government’s refusal to negotiate a new independence referendum, the call for this referendum, popularly known as ...
Javier Antón Merino
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The SNP’s conundrum over a second independence referendum: Scotland’s future in Westminster’s hands
Textes & Contextes, 2023 The SNP’s successive election victories since the referendum on Scotland’s independence, in September 2014, have confirmed that, contrary to what the pro-Union parties had argued at the time, the question of Scotland’s constitutional status was ...
Annie Thiec
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THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY: NEW LEADER, OLD ISSUES [PDF]
Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2023 On March 27, 2023, the election of the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) ended with the victory of the Health Secretary, H. Yousaf, who outperformed his rivals, the Secretary for Finance and the Economy, K. Forbes, and the former Minister for
Oleg V. Okhoshin
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The Continuation of Politics in the Courtroom: Scotland and Strategic Litigation
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2022 In 2018 and 2019, two bombshell judgements were handed down by Scottish courts, in the Wightman reference and Cherry/Miller 2 case. Both have raised the question of the attitude of Scottish judges in the context of Brexit.
Juliette Ringeisen Biardeaud
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Études Écossaises, 2023 Based on a corpus of newspaper articles, this paper aims at analyzing the way in which the Quebecois press saw the referendum that took place on the independence of Scotland in September 2014.
Pierre-Alexandre Beylier
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From One Referendum to the Other: the Scottish Dimension to the Debate over Europe
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2015 This paper examines the role played by the European issue in the Scottish referendum campaign, especially the way the SNP tried to use it to its advantage.
Pauline Schnapper
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La pratique référendaire en Écosse avant 2014
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2015 The 2014 referendum was the fourth referendum organized in Scotland since this type of popular consultation was introduced in Britain. The object of the first two polls (1975, 1979) was to seek popular acceptance for two Acts of Parliament that had been ...
Jacques Leruez
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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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