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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814275403321

Autore

Dardanelli Paolo

Titolo

Between two unions : Europeanisation and Scottish devolution / / Paolo Dardanelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-78170-139-3

1-84779-213-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Devolution

Devolution series

Disciplina

320.9411

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCEĀ / American Government / General

Scotland Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. The 1970s -- pt. II. The 1990s -- pt. III. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first in-depth comparative study of Scottish devolution and the first to analyse the impact of the European dimension. With focus on the periods leading up to the referendums in 1979 and 1997, it investigates positions and strategies of political parties and interest groups and how these influenced constitutional preferences at mass level and ultimately the referendum results. Based on rigorous analysis of an extensive body of quantitative and qualitative sources, it builds a ground-breaking argument that challenges the widespread thesis that support for devolution was