Overview
- Provides the first comprehensive analysis of vote choice in the Scottish independence referendum
- Challenges widely-held assumptions about what mattered during the campaign, and what has happened in Scotland afterwards
- Compares the impact of the independence referendum to the impact of the Brexit referendum
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“This outstanding book provides a wonderfully detailed but accessible analysis of the lasting significance of a seismic event in Scottish – and UK – politics, the 2014 independence referendum. Although the contest yielded a decisive ‘no’ to independence, the substantial Yes vote indicated how the issue split regions, communities and even families, divisions which have not diminished. The volume shows how Better Together opponents of independence emphasised the risks of leaving the of the union rather than rely upon unionist sentiment. The book considers the impacts of a variety of utterances, from politicians to those of Andy Murray and JK Rowling. Lasting significance lay not just in the referendum. Increased political engagement and a convergence of Westminster and Scottish Parliament voting preferences have been evident. Independence is the dominant political faultline, significantly more definitive even than Brexit, notwithstanding double soreness felt by ‘Yes Remainers’. As the authors show, majorities on either side of the constitutional divide say they cannot vote for the political party seen as their main constitutional opponent. Packed with informative and authoritative data, The Referendum that Changed a Nation is a must-read for anyone who wants to enhance their understanding of contemporary Scottish politics and a constitutional debate which will not disappear anytime soon.” (—Jon Tonge, Professor of Politics, University ofLiverpool, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Robert Johns is Professor of Politics at the University of Essex, UK.
Jac M. Larner is Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University and Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Christopher J. Carman is Stevenson Professor of Citizenship at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Referendum that Changed a Nation
Book Subtitle: Scottish Voting Behaviour 2014–2019
Authors: Ailsa Henderson, Robert Johns, Jac M. Larner, Christopher J. Carman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16095-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-16094-3Published: 29 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-16095-0Published: 28 November 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 201
Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Politics, Electoral Politics, Political Communication, Political History