Political discourse and national identity in Scotland / Murray Stewart Leith and Daniel P.J. Soule.
Uses manifesto analysis to measure political nationalism in Scotland Murray Leith and Daniel P.J. Soule explore the importance of groups, concepts and events such as the SNP and devolution, unionism, the political elite, political and public discourse, inclusion and exclusion, enforced nationalism,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Uses manifesto analysis to measure political nationalism in Scotland Murray Leith and Daniel P.J. Soule explore the importance of groups, concepts and events such as the SNP and devolution, unionism, the political elite, political and public discourse, inclusion and exclusion, enforced nationalism, and birth, race and citizenship to nationalist feeling in Scotland. The authors set the Modernist view of Scottish nationalism against the work of Gellner, Anderson and Billig to create their own 'mixed method' of evaluating nationalism. Key Features Presents a detailed consideration of the language used within the political and nationalist arena in Scotland Compares a variety of attitudes and opinions held within Scotland from the political elite to the masses Introduces a new method for measuring political nationalism using manifesto analysis |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 176 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748647118 0748647112 0748652914 9780748652914 1283221861 9781283221863 9786613221865 6613221864 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |