Who is Scotland seeking independence from? https://indylibrary.scot/ en Independence from the UK https://indylibrary.scot/independence-from-the-uk <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Independence from the UK</span> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Question Answered</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/questions/who-is-scotland-seeking-independence-from" hreflang="en">Who is Scotland seeking independence from?</a></div> </div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Fri, 15/10/2021 - 08:35</span> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=24&amp;2=like_content" token="lrMHQ7WR5GEtOzg4xIWwbrGhE9GA-UkSkF-ssI91p-k"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>How might Scotland achieve independence? And what would be the consequences, for Scotland and the rest of the UK?  Independence is ever-present on the Scottish political agenda. This book is the first serious study of the likely road to independence, and the consequences for the Scottish people and the Scottish economy.</p> <p>Scottish Independence starts with a detailed guide to the stages along the route to independence and goes on to analyse the legal, political and economic consequences. It asks key questions:</p> <ul><li>*If Scots vote for an SNP government in Edinburgh, how will that government deliver its manifesto promise of achieving independence in Scotland?</li> <li>*If the Scots attain independence, what will change? What will Scotland's place be in the world? Can Scotland remain in the EU?</li> <li>*What are the economics of independence? Would there be a flight of capital and a stock-market fall? How much economic freedom would an independent Scotland have?</li> <li>*How much would change in the daily lives of Scots as a result of independence? How much autonomy would Scotland have as a small independent state in Europe?</li> </ul><p>Scottish Independence will have an impact on public policy and on academic thinking, and is of key interest to politicians, civil servants, academics, journalists and anyone interested in Scotland's future.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author or Creator</div> <div class="field__item">J E Merkins</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/663" hreflang="en">UK Government</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/483" hreflang="en">Independence declaration</a></div> </div> </div> Fri, 15 Oct 2021 07:35:26 +0000 Stephen Richard 24 at https://indylibrary.scot State and Nation in the United Kingdom: The Fractured Union https://indylibrary.scot/state-and-nation-in-the-united-kingdom-the-fractured-union <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">State and Nation in the United Kingdom: The Fractured Union</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item">Michael Keating</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Thu, 16/12/2021 - 18:58</span> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">Oxford University Press</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-alternative-published-date field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Alternative Published Date</div> <div class="field__item">2021</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Category: </div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/144" hreflang="en">Sovereignty</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-length field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)</div> <div class="field__item">256pp</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=535&amp;2=like_content" token="Plosn9QOIOMpDmiKWYIj2xnTixwxkNeDh5yeSInMmYU"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>The United Kingdom has often been seen as a unitary nation-state. This book argues that it should be understood as a multi national union in which the key elements of people, state, values and sovereignty are contested.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>The United Kingdom has often been seen as a unitary nation-state. This book argues that it should be understood as a plurinational union in which the key elements of demos, telos, and ethos are contested.</p> <p>Except in the mid-twentieth century, its territorial boundaries have been contested and the matter of sovereignty has never definitely been settled. Since the end of the twentieth century, devolution to Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland has made this more apparent. With the weakening of the British national project, tensions between the centre and the peripheral nations have grown, greatly exacerbated by Brexit. Eurosceptics have long argued that membership of the European Union is inconsistent with the sovereignty of the British people and Parliament. On another reading, however, both the UK and the EU are plurinational unions and highly compatible. The EU, indeed, served as an important external support system for the devolution settlement. Brexit destabilizes it. Unionism historically served as a doctrine and a set of practices seeking to reconcile a unitary state with a plurinational reality. Since devolution, it has struggled to come to terms with the new constitutional reality or embrace the idea of shared sovereignty. The Union is under increasing strain but there is no simple way of resolving these strains, either by secession of the component nations, or a return to the unitary state. The peoples of these islands need to find new constitutional concepts for living together in a world in which traditional ideas of national sovereignty have lost their relevance.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/state-and-nation-in-the-united-kingdom-the-fractured-union/9780198841371" target="_blank">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/state-and-nation-in-the-united-kingdom-the-fractu…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/598" hreflang="en">Sovereignty of the people</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/516" hreflang="en">Democracy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/790" hreflang="en">Social values</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/474" hreflang="en">Devolution</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/questions/who-is-scotland-seeking-independence-from" hreflang="en">Who is Scotland seeking independence from?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:58:51 +0000 Stephen Richard 535 at https://indylibrary.scot Will ‘British values’ keep us together? https://indylibrary.scot/will-british-values-keep-us-together <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Will ‘British values’ keep us together?</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item">Michael Keating</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Thu, 16/12/2021 - 18:14</span> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">Centre on Constitutional Change</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-published field--type-datetime field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Date Published: </div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2021-10-12T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">12/10/21</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource: </div> <div class="field__item">Blog</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=534&amp;2=like_content" token="Nb3NEhPn5s2rETRrgq-hwF4VWRmDh_tCU2YHoxU9loY"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>The main threat to the union no longer comes from the nationalisms of the periphery but from the attempt by unionism to monopolise universal values and dress them with the nationalising language of Britishness. </p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Nation-states are based on the coincidence of the key elements of <em>demos</em> (who are the people), <em>telos</em> (what the state is for), <em>ethos</em> (values) and sovereignty. In a union, on the other hand, these may be contested and never resolved. Indeed, if a union is to work, they may best be left in abeyance, rather than digging down to find common foundations and agreement all the way back up. This is the secret of the European Union and has long been the British way. Constitutions in such a state are not about demonstrating fundamental agreement but about managing disagreements, for example about the final destination or <em>telos</em>. The Northern Ireland settlement is prime example of such a strategy, encouraging both unionists and nationalists to choose their own identity, giving these institutional expression and leaving the final status of the province open. On the other hand, when unionism seeks to impose its own meaning on all these elements, it becomes a nationalism in its own right and risks undermining the union....</p> <p>While appropriating universal values for themselves, unionists have tried to argue that nationalists of the smaller nations do espouse a different <em>ethos</em>, that they are inward looking and isolationist. Michael Gove <a href="https://policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/A-New-National-Consensus.pdf">defines</a> unionism as being about liberty, institutions and the rule of law, and based on individuals, in contrast to ‘identity politics’ of the peripheral nationalisms. Nationalists make similar criticisms of unionists, especially in the light of Brexit....</p> <p>Historically, the differences in attitudes to EU membership differed rather little across the United Kingdom, although there were significant differences between nationalists and unionists in Northern Ireland. As unionists often point out, nearly a third of those Scots who voted to remain within the UK in the independence referendum of 2014 then voted to leave the European Union. This has now shifted, so that there is a closer association between Scottish independence and support for the EU. This is not about a sudden change in values but a calculation of the institutional setting within which they can best be realised. Indeed, <em>Our Scottish Future’s</em> own survey demonstrates this quite starkly. It reports that three quarters of those they describe as ‘nationalists’ had voted Remain in 2016, as against just under half of ‘unionists’. This is hardly evidence that nationalists are motivated by inward-looking and isolationist values but rather that they are looking for new forms of political order to secure the shared values.</p> <p>Unionism and nationalism in the United Kingdom increasing resemble each other as nationalising projects seeking to appropriate the same values but locked in an existential argument over <em>demos</em> and <em>telos</em>. This is not, as some have argued, an example of Freud’s narcissism of small differences. There may be few differences in values and attitudes but the others are more profound. Unionists seem to be more and more frustrated at the apparent paradox that so many Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish people share the same values as England yet vote for nationalist parties. In fact, it is not a paradox at all and liberal unionism and liberal nationalism have more in common than they would like to admit. The threat to liberal democracy comes from another quarter, notably from the populist and xenophobic extreme right, wherever it crops up.</p> <p>We might even say that the main threat to the union no longer comes from the nationalisms of the periphery but from the attempt by unionism to monopolise universal values and dress them with the nationalising language of Britishness. The Union succeeded when it relaxed assumptions about the need for a unitary <em>demos</em> or <em>telos</em> and relegated discussions about sovereignty to the academic seminar. Britishness was a polyvalent idea, which took different forms in different parts of the Union, not a single thing above all the others. Neither unionism nor nationalism is going to go away any time soon and they will have to learn to co-exist, largely sharing social and economic values but differing on the form of the state.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/news-and-opinion/will-british-values-keep-us-together" target="_blank">https://www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/news-and-opinion/will-british-va…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/785" hreflang="en">Nationalism</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/674" hreflang="en">English nationalism</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/385" hreflang="en">Unionism</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/questions/who-is-scotland-seeking-independence-from" hreflang="en">Who is Scotland seeking independence from?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:14:20 +0000 Stephen Richard 534 at https://indylibrary.scot Scottish Independence: A Practical Guide https://indylibrary.scot/scottish-independence-a-practical-guide <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Scottish Independence: A Practical Guide</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item"> Jo E. Murkens</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Fri, 24/09/2021 - 18:02</span> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-author-s-creato field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Additional Author(s) / Creators</div> <div class="field__item">Peter Jones and Michael Keating, University College London, Edinburgh University Press</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">Edinburgh University Press</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-alternative-published-date field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Alternative Published Date</div> <div class="field__item">2002</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Category: </div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/143" hreflang="en">Independence</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource: </div> <div class="field__item">Book</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-length field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)</div> <div class="field__item">137pp</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=280&amp;2=like_content" token="8bz6GiqCdh54F334cKA8y1fBMGaIntBAzafFGUpcaqw"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>This book is the first serious study of the likely road to independence, and the consequences for the Scottish people and the Scottish economy. Scottish Independence starts with a detailed guide to the stages along the route to independence and goes on to analyse the legal, political and economic consequences.It asks key question</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>How might Scotland achieve independence? And what would be the consequences, for Scotland and the rest of the UK?  Independence is ever-present on the Scottish political agenda. This book is the first serious study of the likely road to independence, and the consequences for the Scottish people and the Scottish economy.</p> <p>Scottish Independence starts with a detailed guide to the stages along the route to independence and goes on to analyse the legal, political and economic consequences. It asks key questions:</p> <ul><li>*If Scots vote for an SNP government in Edinburgh, how will that government deliver its manifesto promise of achieving independence in Scotland?</li> <li>*If the Scots attain independence, what will change? What will Scotland's place be in the world? Can Scotland remain in the EU?</li> <li>*What are the economics of independence? Would there be a flight of capital and a stock-market fall? How much economic freedom would an independent Scotland have?</li> <li>*How much would change in the daily lives of Scots as a result of independence? How much autonomy would Scotland have as a small independent state in Europe?</li> </ul><p>Scottish Independence will have an impact on public policy and on academic thinking, and is of key interest to politicians, civil servants, academics, journalists and anyone interested in Scotland's future.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scottish-Independence-Constitutional-Issues-Practical/dp/0748616993/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Scottish%20Independence%3A%20A%20Practical%20Guide&amp;qid=1639139533&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scottish-Independence-Constitutional-Issues-Practical/…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/384" hreflang="en">Referendum</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/617" hreflang="en">International relations</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/657" hreflang="en">Economy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/154" hreflang="en">Independence from UK</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/questions/can-scotland-force-independence" hreflang="en">Can Scotland force independence?</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/questions/who-is-scotland-seeking-independence-from" hreflang="en">Who is Scotland seeking independence from?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 17:02:58 +0000 Stephen Richard 280 at https://indylibrary.scot Scotland: The New State of an Old Nation https://indylibrary.scot/scotland-the-new-state-of-an-old-nation <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Scotland: The New State of an Old Nation</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item">Murray Stewart Leith </div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Fri, 24/09/2021 - 17:27</span> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-author-s-creato field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Additional Author(s) / Creators</div> <div class="field__item">Duncan Sim </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">Manchester University Press</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-published field--type-datetime field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Date Published: </div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2020-03-31T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">31/03/20</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Category: </div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/143" hreflang="en">Independence</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource: </div> <div class="field__item">Book</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=349&amp;2=like_content" token="z-HtWKUU1s7_ub_j1oTM8YVMwLD99M-5e5gLAjMO2fc"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>At a time when Scotland's future has topped the agenda in Britain and abroad, this book unpicks the complex weave of Scottish politics, society and culture, providing an essential insight into Scotland's present - and its future.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Scotland's future in the Union is in question.</p> <p>Since Devolution in 1997, there has been a sea-change in Scotland's sense of itself. A distinct Scottish political culture has emerged: confident, assertive and increasingly divergent from that of its southern neighbours. Yet, as this timely and perceptive book shows, Scottish nationalism has been on the rise since the Second World War.</p> <p>Today, the Scottish National Party are in the ascendant, winning nearly half of all votes cast in the 2019 General Election and most of the seats. The Scottish Parliament has been a legislative trail-blazer, enacting progressive legislation well before England and Wales. And Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the European Union, putting it at odds with much of the rest of the United Kingdom on the most important political decision this century. The country has transformed from the socially and politically conservative climate of the post-war period to a nation contemplating, for the second time, a move to independence - for all the uncertainty and turmoil that would bring.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/scotland-the-new-state-of-an-old-nation/9781784992552" target="_blank">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/scotland-the-new-state-of-an-old-nation/978178499…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/426" hreflang="en">Scottish politics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/531" hreflang="en">Scottish nationalism</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/332" hreflang="en">Scottish National Party</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/290" hreflang="en">Scottish Parliament</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/questions/who-is-scotland-seeking-independence-from" hreflang="en">Who is Scotland seeking independence from?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:27:43 +0000 Stephen Richard 349 at https://indylibrary.scot