2014 independence referendum

Becoming independent: political participation and youth transitions in the Scottish referendum

Author / Creator: Lynn Jamieson

Media type: Report

Date published: 2017

 The 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum catalysed remarkably high levels of voter turnout among the youngest group of voters.


Online Allies and Tricky Freelancers: Understanding the Differences in the Role of Social Media in the Campaigns for the Scottish Independence Referendum

Author / Creator: Des McNulty

Date published: 2019

Traditiona media vs. social media in the 2014 independence campaign.


Top-down or bottom-up? Campaigns, social media, and the Scottish independence referendum

Author / Creator: Des McNulty

Media type: Article

Date published: 2019

Role of the media in independence campaigns during the 2014 independence build-up.


Discourse, Voice, and the Politics of Participation in the Scottish Independence Referendum

Author / Creator: Maike Dinger

Media type: Book

Date published: 2026

The media told a "one-dimensional" story and "ordinary people" were "hardly featured" in coverage of the 2014 independence referendum


‘Yes’ A non-nationalist argument for Scottish independence

Author / Creator: Neil Davidson

Media type: Article

Date published: 2014

We should be sceptical about claims that independence would automatically lead to the creation of a social democratic society.


Unions and Referenda: Scotland, Europe and the United Kingdom

Author / Creator: Paul D Tonks

Media type: Article

Date published: 2016

What are the connections between the Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014 and the United Kingdom’s Referendum on membership of the European Union in 2016?


A Second Scottish Independence Referendum: Should the Diaspora get a Vote?

Author / Creator: Murray Stewart Leith

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

The 2014 referendum result did not end the debate around Scottish independence.


Scotland Ten Years on from the Indyref

Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan

Media type: Blog

Date published: 2024

It is no accident that the bigger dynamics that flowed from 2014 beyond independence have been so conspicuously not taken up or championed by the SNP and Scottish Government. They barely understood some of the forces at work which produced the 2014 indyref beyond the SNP’s 2011 victory.


‘Yes’ A non-nationalist argument for Scottish independence

Author / Creator: Neil Davidson

Media type: Article

Date published: 2014

The problems posed by independence are not directly economic, but are related to the capitalist economy through a series of mediations.


Scottish Independence, then and now

Author / Creator: Nicola McEwen

Media type: Podcast

Date published: 2021

How have matters changed since 2014 as a result of Brexit and Covid?


Scottish Independence and Scotland's Future

Author / Creator: Scotland UN-Committee

Media type: Article

Date published: 2014

Archive of documents on 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum


Wee White Blossom: What Post-Referendum Scotland Needs to Flourish

Author / Creator: Lesley Riddoch

Media type: Book

Date published: 2014

So stands Scotland where it did [after 2014 referendum]? Not on your nelly.


Age and Variations in the Attitude towards Scottish Independence – An Exploration of Cohort and Lifecycle

Author / Creator: Anna Schneider Anna Schneider is

Media type: Article

Date published: 2014

Polls and surveys have repeatedly shown that the lower the age of a person, the higher is the likelihood of them favouring independence 


BBC bias and the Scots referendum - new report

Author / Creator: John Robertson

Media type: Article

Date published: 2014

Research on bias and fairness in news reporting on the issue Independence prior to the Scottish referendum, 2014


Scotland After Britain: The Two Souls of Scottish Independence

Author / Creator: James Foley

Media type: Book

Date published: 2022

Since the referendum, Scottish independence has been captured by conservative forces. Scotland After Britain argues for fidelity to the true meaning of the word independence. It should mean not only a break from the failing British state, but also from the prison of free trade and militarism that has delivered successive crises.


Scotland's economy by the numbers

Author / Creator: Nina dos Santos

Media type: Video

Date published: 2014

View of Scotland's prospect for independence before the 2014 refrendum.


Scotland's Decision; 16 questions to think about for the referendum on 18 September [2014]

Author / Creator: Charlie Jeffrey

Date published: 2014

A key document outlining the issues for the Scottish electorate from the Independence view.


Scottish Independence and Scotland's Future

Author / Creator: Alastair McIntyre

Media type: Website

Date published:

Documentation of the events prior to, and leading up to, the 2014 Independence referendum.


The Independence Referendum of 2014: Issues and Outcome

Author / Creator: Michael Keating

Media type: Book

Date published: 2020

An analysis of the issues of the 2014 independence referendum.


The Independence Question

Author / Creator: Coree Brown Swan

Media type: Book

Date published: 2020

The meaning of "independence" in the 2014 referendum was multifaceted. Its meaning has changed since then.