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While the UK prepares for Brexit, the SNP are laying the groundwork for a new independence referendum [PDF]
, 2016 The Scottish Government has indicated that it may call a second independence referendum as a result of the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Richard Rose writes that the SNP are already establishing the foundations for a new independence campaign and ...
Rose, Richard
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Cultural and Economic Grievances and the Political Salience of Secessionism
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Why does secessionism become politically salient at some times but recede at others? Existing work highlights how cultural and economic grievances can shape secessionism, but it explains less well when these claims elevate the salience of secessionism and why similar grievances matter in some contexts but not others.
Kevin Gatter
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L'Économie d'une Écosse indépendante, de la rente pétrolière au Brexit
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2019 The SNP wants Scotland to become independent chiefly on economic grounds. Scottish politicians ought to be able to run Scotland's natural and human resources to boost growth and meet social aims. Yet in 2014 when the referendum on Scotland's independence
Edwige Camp-Pietrain
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The Smith Commission must not ignore the status of statereligion in Scotland [PDF]
, 2014 The Smith Commission is the body tasked with recommending proposals for the final status of Scottish devolution following the referendum on Scottish independence.
Bonney, Norman
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Tackling Poverty Across the United Kingdom. Devolution, Difference and Discourse
IPPR Progressive Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The UK welfare state is often considered as being highly centralised, yet the design and administration of UK social security involves significant spatial variations in law, policy, and practice. As such, where you live in the UK can affect the value of benefits and cash transfers you are entitled to, as well as how you experience benefit ...
Ruth Patrick +3 more
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What has been going wrong for Scottish Labour? [PDF]
, 2014 The Scottish Labour Party has been in freefall following the Scottish referendum in September and the resignation of its leader, Johann Lamont. Eric Shaw explains how the social and institutional supports underpinning Labour rule have steadily unraveled ...
Shaw, Eric
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Independence and oral health: implications of the Scottish referendum [PDF]
British Dental Journal, 2014 On 18 September 2014, a referendum will be held on Scotland becoming a nation independent from the rest of the United Kingdom. Since devolution in 1999 child dental health in Scotland has improved significantly, although the National Health Service in Scotland has always been governed through a separate legislative framework from that in England and ...
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Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We address an important research gap by quantifying the association between weather conditions (sunshine, rainfall, temperature anomalies) and individual financial, mental and physical health self‐assessments. We compile a unique dataset of >400,000$$ >\mathrm{400,000} $$ observations (1991–2018) by matching individual‐level data (covering 380
Georgios Marios Chrysanthou +1 more
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Better Together and the No Campaign: from Project Fear to Grace?
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2015 Better Together was the main umbrella organisation of the No camp during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign. It represented the common effort of three otherwise unlikely-minded British parties to work together and publicly collaborate to ...
Fiona Simpkins
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Gendered nationalism : the gender gap in support for the Scottish National Party [PDF]
, 2012 Recent major surveys of the Scottish electorate and of Scottish National Party (SNP) members have revealed a distinct gender gap in support for the party.
Bennie Lynn +15 more
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