Scottish nationalism
The contradictory political economy of an independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Axel Ruppert
Media type: Thesis
Date published: 2016
Scottish identity is used to frame values that are shared all over the UK as genuinely Scottish.
The social contract: re-framing scottish nationalism
Author / Creator: Jonathan Hearn
Media type: Article
Date published: 1998
The deeply entrenched nature of Scottish civil society is a key factor in the current strength of autonomist politics in Scotland.
Labour and nationalism
Author / Creator: Richard Haviland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
How will Labour ever understand the independence movement if they don’t move beyond the same old tropes?
Where Stands Scotland after the SNP Leadership Election?
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
"Previously hidden assumptions and prejudices have been uncovered that will take a longer timeframe to fully do justice to."
Understanding National Identity
Author / Creator: David McCrone
Media type: Book
Date published: 2015
How does national identity relate to politics and constitutional change?
The Scottish Political System
Author / Creator: James G Kellas
Media type: Book
Date published: 1989
"The enduring [Kellas] thesis is the notion of a Scottish political system. ...The orthodox view had been that the UK was unitary and uniform apart from the odd detail and embellishment." Bella Caledonia.
Scottish Nationalism: History, Ideology and the Question of Independence
Author / Creator: Richard Finlay
Media type: Book
Date published: 2022
"SUPPORT for the Union in England can no longer be taken for granted and anti-independence messages around Scotland being “heavily subsidised” could backfire" The National
The Flag in the Wind: The Story of the National Movement in Scotland
Author / Creator: John M. MacCormick
Media type: Book
Date published: 1955
A classic narrative of early 20th century Scottish nationalism.
The National Movement in Scotland
Author / Creator: Jack Brand
Media type: Book
Date published: 1978
Traces the development of 20th century Scottish national thought and activity.
Scotland: The New State of an Old Nation
Author / Creator: Murray Stewart Leith
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
The country has transformed from the socially and politically conservative climate..to a nation contemplating a move to independence to achieve democracy and democratic legitimacy
Scotland’s Referendum and the Media: National and International Perspectives
Author / Creator: Neil Blain
Media type: Book
Date published:
The consequences of the Referendum's No result are traced in the media...until the May general election of 2015.
Twin Tracks: Cultural and Political Nationalism after 1967
Author / Creator: Scott Hames
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
The idea of Devolution arriving on a wave of artistic Renaissance and rising national ‘confidence’ is too simplistic, and obscures important disparities between the ‘twin tracks’ of cultural and political nationalism.
Busting the last of the myths around independence. Open Minds on Independence #20
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: News Media
Date published:
This article looks at myths about Scottish independence.
MYTH 7: Nationalism is by its very nature a bad thing
MYTH 8: An independent Scotland would be last in the queue to join the EU
Myth 9: You can’t hold a referendum without Westminster’s “permission”
Myth 10: Independence for Scotland would abandon the rest of the UK to permanent Tory rule
Nationalism and the politics of austerity: comparing Catalonia, Scotland, and Québec
Author / Creator: Daniel Beland
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published:
This analysis of the impact of austerity on nationalism stresses the role of blame as it interacts with political institutions and fiscal pressures.
Brexit, nationalism and disintegration in the European Union and the United Kingdom
Author / Creator: Ben Wellings
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published: 2020
The Brexit referendum opened up conflict between executive, parliamentary, national and popular sovereignties in the differing nations of the United Kingdom and had a noticeable effect on British disintegration.
Scotland: The New State of an Old Nation
Author / Creator: Murray Stewart Leith
Media type: Book
Date published:
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.
The Case for Scottish Independence; a History of Nationalist Political Thought in Modern Scotland
Author / Creator: Ben Jackson
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
An influential separatist Scottish nationalism began to take shape only in the 1970s and achieved its present ideological maturity in the course of the 1980s and 1990s. It was unusual in that it demanded independence not to defend a threatened ancestral culture but as the most effective way to promote the agenda of the left.