LEADER 03276nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910974135903321 005 20240313080344.0 010 $a9781847797469 010 $a1847797466 010 $a9781847794796 010 $a1847794793 010 $a9781781703052 010 $a1781703051 010 $a9781847794802 010 $a1847794807 024 7 $a10.7765/9781847794796 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085836 035 $a(EBL)1069707 035 $a(OCoLC)818847508 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712750 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12329900 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712750 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10650842 035 $a(PQKB)11304510 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085834 035 $a(OCoLC)960165141 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78073 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069707 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10627227 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843576 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069707 035 $a(DE-B1597)660963 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781847794796 035 $a(Perlego)1526786 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085836 100 $a20110815d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDevolution and the Scottish Conservatives $ebanal activism, electioneering and the politics of irrelevance /$fAlexander Thomas T. Smith 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aManchester ;$aNew York $cManchester University Press $cDistributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (167 p.) 225 0 $aNew Ethnographies 225 0$aNew ethnographies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780719095566 311 08$a0719095565 311 08$a9780719079696 311 08$a0719079691 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [137]-149) and index. 327 $aCopyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note to international readers; 1. Banal activism; 2. A Tory-free Scotland; 3. Dispelling Doonhamers: naming and the numbers game; 4. Making (a) difference: building the political machine; 5. The politics of irrelevance; 6. Disaggregating the secret ballot: electioneering and the politics of self-knowledge; 7. Counting on failure: Polling Day and its aftermath; 8. Return of the lesser-spotted Tory; Afterword; Bibliography; Index. 330 $aThis highly readable book is a unique, ethnographic study of devolution and Scottish politics as well as Party political activism more generally. It explores how Conservative Party activists who had opposed devolution and the movement for a Scottish Parliament during the 1990's attempted to mobilise politically following their annihilation at the 1997 General Election. 410 0$aNew ethnographies. 606 $aDecentralization in government$zScotland 607 $aScotland$xPolitics and government$y21st century 615 0$aDecentralization in government 676 $a320.9411 700 $aSmith$b Alexander Thomas T$g(Alexander Thomas Telford)$01813298 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974135903321 996 $aDevolution and the Scottish Conservatives$94366254 997 $aUNINA LEADER 00768nam0-22002651i-450 001 990005674150403321 005 20251125093859.0 035 $a000567415 035 $aFED01000567415 035 $a(Aleph)000567415FED01 035 $a000567415 100 $a19990604d1925----km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $aita 105 $ay-------001yy 200 1 $aGesł e il senso della natura$fFrancesco A. Ferrari 210 $aBologna$cCoop. Tipografica Azzoguidi$d1925 215 $a131 p.$d25 cm 700 1$aFerrari,$bFrancesco Antonio$0403584 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990005674150403321 952 $a199.42 FERF 01$bIST.ST.FIL. 5226$fFLFBC 959 $aFLFBC 996 $aGesł e il senso della natura$9601414 997 $aUNINA