Devolution and the Scottish Conservatives : banal activism, electioneering and the politics of irrelevance / / Alexander Thomas T. Smith

• Autore: Smith Alexander Thomas T (Alexander Thomas Telford)
• Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.9411
• Soggetto topico: Decentralization in government - Scotland
• Soggetto geografico: Scotland Politics and government 21st century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-149) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Copyright; 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Devolution and the Scottish Conservatives
• ISBN: 9781847797469; 1847797466; 9781847794796; 1847794793; 9781781703052; 1781703051; 9781847794802; 1847794807
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974135903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New ethnographies.