Politics

Ethnic Minorities and Political Citizenship in Scotland

Author / Creator: Emma Hill

Media type: Book

Date published: 2020

There is a gap between the ‘aspirational pluralism’ espoused by political elites, and Scotland’s record on the representation of ethnic minorities in politics.


Youth Politics in Scotland: Participation and Inclusion

Author / Creator: Iain MacLeod

Date published: 2020

A look at the effects of reducing voting age and efforts to increase participation of youth in politics.


Nationality and National Identity

Author / Creator: David McCrone

Media type: book

Date published: 2020

National identity is best thought of as a cultural prism through which ‘politics’ is interpreted, and helps to explain why political behaviour in Scotland and England has diverged in the last thirty years.


New Scottish government: key takeaways from the SNP deal with the Greens

Author / Creator: Lynn Bennie

Media type: News Media

Date published:

The parties are bound by a shared belief in Scottish independence, and the deal reinforces their intent to secure a second referendum. But they are each free to develop their own vision of independence because they have different perspectives on what an independent Scotland would look like