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02679aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 470FD838353511EB88BA481D27ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201203010017 008 190921t20202020enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1784992550 020 $a 9781784992552 035 $a (OCoLC)1120097867 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d FIE $d YDXIT $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-st 050 4 $a DA765 L45 2020 100 1 $a Leith, Murray Stewart, $e author. 245 10 $a Scotland : $b the new state of an old nation / $c Murray Stewart Leith and Duncan Sim ; with Duncan McTavish and David Torrance. 264 1 $a Manchester, [UK] : $b Manchester University Press $c 2020. 300 $a ix, 287 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a Scotland's future in the Union is in question. Since Devolution in 1997, there has been a sea-change in Scotland's sense of itself. A distinct Scottish political culture has emerged: confident, assertive and increasingly divergent from that of its southern neighbours. Yet, as this timely and perceptive book shows, Scottish nationalism has been on the rise since the Second World War. Today, the Scottish National Party are in the ascendant, winning nearly half of all votes cast in the 2019 General Election and most of the seats. The Scottish Parliament has been a legislative trail-blazer, enacting progressive legislation well before England and Wales. And Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the European Union, putting it at odds with much of the rest of the United Kingdom on the most important political decision this century. The country has transformed from the socially and politically conservative climate of the post-war period to a nation contemplating, for the second time, a move to independence - for all the uncertainty and turmoil that would bring. At a time when the country's future has topped the agenda in Britain and abroad, this book unpicks the complex weave of Scottish politics, society and culture, providing an essential insight into Scotland's present - and its future. -- $c Provided byu publisher. 650 0 $a Home rule $z Scotland. 651 0 $a Scotland $x History $y 21st century. 651 0 $a Scotland $x Civilization $y 21st century. 651 0 $a Scotland $x Politics and government $y 21st century. 700 1 $a Sim, Duncan, $e author. 700 1 $a McTavish, Duncan, $e contributor 700 1 $a Torrance, David, $e contributor. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781526127808 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210406015933.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=470FD838353511EB88BA481D27ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search