Independence of the Scottish Mind [electronic resource] : Elite Narratives, Public Spaces and the Making of a Modern Nation /
Hassan, G.author.
This study explores modern Scotland and examines how Scottish politics, culture and identities have interacted within the national and international contexts in the last thirty years. It considers which voices and opinions have proven influential and defining and charts the boundaries of public conversation to and beyond the independence referendum.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: The Scottish Debate and the Crises of Britain; Part I The Long Revolution; 1 Investigating Scotland's Public Life, Sphere and Voices; 2 Understanding Scotland: Nationhood and the Claim of Sovereignties; 3 Power: Political and Media Dimensions; 4 Scotland's Public Spaces and the Myth of 'Civic Scotland'; 5 The Scottish Media: Continuity, Change, Crisis; Part II Stories of Modern Scotland; 6 The Scottish Political Commentariat; 7 Restless Nation: Thatcherism's as Scotland's 'Other'
8 The Scottish Parliament, Devolution and a New Political Landscape9 The Boundaries and Bandwidths of Public Scotland; 10 A Very Different Assembly? Gender, Ethnicity, Class and National Identity; 11 Anatomy of Modern Scotland: Spaces and Places; 12 Political and Cultural Elite Battles and the 'Children of the Echo'; 13 Post-Nationalist Scotland, Post-Nationalist UK?; 14 State of Independence; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This study explores modern Scotland and examines how Scottish politics, culture and identities have interacted within the national and international contexts in the last thirty years. It considers which voices and opinions have proven influential and defining and charts the boundaries of public conversation to and beyond the independence referendum.
Great Britain-Politics and government.
Political science.
Political theory.
United States-Politics and government.
Cultural policy.
Social policy.
British Politics.
Political Science.
Political Theory.
US Politics.
Cultural Policy and Politics.
Social Policy.