Attitudes and Behaviours
Opinion
Public Attitudes in Scotland
From the UK and a Changing Europe's recent report 'Brexit and Beyond', Ailsa Henderson, University of Edinburgh discusses the factors that help to explain why current support for independence i
Publication
Issues of Sovereignty: Redefining Politics in Scotland
The issue of sovereignty has never been resolved in Scotland. The 1998 Scotland Act, creating the Scottish Parliament affirmed that the Westminster Parliament is sovereign, but this is disputed.
Opinion
Time stands still for Brexit but not Covid
As an epic year for global public policy reaches its end, Richard Parry discusses the way that the pandemic has impacted other aspects of the political cycle
Opinion
Multicultural Scotland
Ross Bond, University of Edinburgh, examines the demographic structure and history of Scotland, and the attitudes, identities and experiences of its people.
Opinion
Who do you say you are? The politics of national identity
David McCrone analyses the politics of national identity in Scotland comparing it to England's sense of national identity for his chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics
Publication
Beyond the nation-state:territory, solidarity and welfare in a multiscalar Europe
The European welfare state has been founded on the nation-state, within stable boundaries. The nation provided affective solidarity. The state provided the institutional capacity.
Opinion
Small States in the Modern World: Opportunities and Vulnerabilities
Michael Keating, University of Aberdeen, discusses requirements for small states to thrive, arguing that small states do equally or better than larger states.
Opinion
Scotland has its own political class...just like Westminster
,It is commonplace in Britain to identify a “political class”, out of touch with the general population.
Opinion
England votes for a break from politics
Richard Parry discusses the way that the 2019 UK General Election bucked the trend for surprise results.