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Sport for Yes? The role of sporting issues in pro-independence political discourse during the Scottish independence referendum campaign [PDF]
This article critically considers the extent to which sporting issues were harnessed by pro-independence political campaigners during the Scottish independence referendum campaign.
Allison L. +43 more
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Framing referendum campaigns: the 2014 Scottish independence referendum in the press [PDF]
This article explores the framing of referendum campaigns in the press and its relationship to the framing of elections. Drawing from an empirical analysis of the newspaper coverage of the 2014 Scottish referendum and from previous research on campaigns in different contexts, it finds that frames associated with elections, like the strategic game and ...
Marina Dekavalla
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One consequence of the EU-referendum’s pro-Brexit outcome was a renewed call for Scottish independence. Supporting this call can be construed as a form of collective action Scots may engage in.
Lara Ditrich +2 more
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The Scottish Independence Referendum [PDF]
The September 2014 Scottish independence referendum was an event of profound constitutional and political significance, not only for Scotland, but for the United Kingdom as a whole. Although Scottish voters chose to remain in the UK, the experience of the referendum and the subsequent political reaction to the 'No' vote that triggered significant ...
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The Scottish independence referendum of 18 September 2014 was rather unique from an international perspective, as a comparison between the cases of Scotland and Catalonia clearly reveals.
Nathalie Duclos
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Together or Separately? Scottish Independence Tendencies In 1707, the Act of Union formally united Scotland with England as Great Britain. Scotland retained its own legal system, churches and universities but all real political power moved to London ...
Joanna Aleksandra Radowicz
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Territorialité politique, nationalisme et traversées constitutionnelles en Écosse
This paper intends to explore the nature of the nationalist ideology promoted by the SNP in light of the concept of territoriality. Indeed, the process of legislative devolution, which is representative of a crossing of the Anglo-Scottish border at ...
Arnaud Fiasson
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The Scottish national party against «soft» brexit [PDF]
Using inner-party struggle in the Conservative Party and the uncertainty in brexit negotiations the leader of the Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon is trying again to prepare the ground for a second referendum on the independence of Scotland ...
Oleg Okhoshin
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Higher Education and the Referendum on Scottish Independence [PDF]
AbstractDuring the course of the referendum campaign, the Scottish government argued that free tuition for Scottish and EU students symbolised Scotland's preference for universal services and was intrinsically fairer than the ‘marketised’ systems operating in the rest of the UK.
Riddell, Sheila +3 more
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Bottom-up versus Top-down Campaigning at the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014
The Scottish independence referendum of 2014 saw one of the longest political campaigns in modern UK politics. The referendum saw the formation of a hybrid Yes campaign that combined modern campaigning techniques with a large, activist grassroots that ...
Peter Lynch
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