The case for Scottish independence. : A history of nationalist political thought in modern Scotland

Scottish nationalism is a powerful movement in contemporary politics, yet the goal of Scottish independence emerged surprisingly recently into public debate. This engaging and accessible study investigates the development of the ideology of modern Scottish nationalism from the 1960s to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014. "Scottish nationalism is a powerful movement in contemporary politics, yet the goal of Scottish independence emerged surprisingly recently into public debate. The origins of Scottish nationalism lie not in the medieval battles for Scottish statehood, the Acts of Union, the Scottish Enlightenment, or any other traditional historical milestone. Instead, an influential separatist Scottish nationalism began to take shape only in the 1970s and achieved its present ideological maturity in the course of the 1980s and 1990s. The nationalism that emerged from this testing period of Scottish history was unusual in that it demanded independence not to defend a threatened ancestral culture but as the most effective way to promote the agenda of the left. This accessible and engaging account of the political thought of Scottish nationalism explores how the arguments for Scottish independence were crafted over some fifty years by intellectuals, politicians and activists, and why these ideas had such a seismic impact on Scottish and British politics in the 2014 independence referendum. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core at doi.org/10.1017/9781108835350"-- Provided by publisher Inhaltsverzeichnsi: The Ideology of Early Scottish Nationalism The Ideology of Early Scottish Nationalism The Ideology of Early Scottish Nationalism -- A Democratic Nation A Democratic Nation A Democratic Nation -- Britain in Decline Britain in Decline Britain in Decline -- The Case for Left The Case for Left The Case for Left-Wing Nationalism Wing Nationalism Wing Nationalism -- Sovereignty and Post Sovereignty and Post Sovereignty and Post-Sovereignty Sovereignty Sovereignty -- Conclusion: 'The Dream Shall Never Die' Conclusion: 'The Dream Shall Never Die' ver Die.'