David Torrance

Standing Up for Scotland

Nationalist Unionism and Scottish Party Politics, 1884-2014

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Produktbeschreibung

A history of 'hidden' nationalism in Scottish party politics This book reassesses the relationship between 'nationalism' and 'unionism' in Scottish politics, challenging a binary reading of the two ideologies with the concept of 'nationalist unionism'. Scottish nationalism did not begin with the SNP in 1934, nor was it confined to political parties which desired independent statehood. Rather it was more dispersed, with the Liberal, Conservative and Labour parties all attempting to harness Scottish national identity and nationalism between 1884 and 2014, often with the paradoxical goal of strengthening rather than ending the Union. The book combines nationalist theory with empirical historical and archival research to argue that these conceptions of Scottish nationhood had much more in common with each other than is commonly accepted. David Torrance is a constitutional specialist at the House of Commons Library. He completed a PhD in history and political science in 2017, before which he was a journalist and broadcaster for almost 20 years. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books on Scottish politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781474447829
• ISBN-10: 1474447821
• Artikelnr.: 59985966

Autorenporträt

Dr David Torrance is a constitutional expert at the House of Commons Library. Prior to that, he was a freelance journalist, broadcaster and writer for almost 20 years. As a columnist with the Herald newspaper, he was one of the leading commentators on Scottish and UK politics during the 2014 independence and 2016 Brexit referendums, while as the author or editor of almost 20 books, he has published unauthorised biographies of the SNP leaders and First Ministers Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon. He has a PhD in history and political science.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. Prelude
2. Nationalist unionism
3. 'Every Scotsman should be a Scottish Nationalist'
4. 'Scottish Control of Scottish Affairs'
5. Scottish (Conservative and) Unionist Party - rise and fall'
6. The Scottish Liberals and 'Scottish Self-Government'
7. The Scottish Labour Party and 'crypto-nationalism'
8. The SNP and 'five continuing unions'
9. 'The fair claims of Wales'
10. Northern Ireland and 'Ulster nationalism'
11. Conclusion
12. Bibliography
13. Endnotes.