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Scotland decides : the devolution issue and the 1997 referendum / David Denver ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scotland. Parliament.
- Referendum--Scotland.
- Referendum.
- History.
- Political participation.
- Elections.
- Scotland--Politics and government--20th century.
- Scotland.
- Politics and government.
- Elections--Scotland.
- Political participation--Scotland.
- Scotland. Parliament--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2000.
- Contents:
- 1 Scottish Devolution: The Historical Context 1
- The political parties and home rule 3
- Social cleavages and political parties 11
- The first devolution referendum, 1979 15
- 2 The Politics of Devolution 1979-97 27
- Home rule and working-class politics 29
- The Constitutional Convention 32
- The Conservative response 36
- The tartan tax and decision to hold a referendum 41
- The Referendum (Scotland and Wales) Bill 46
- 3 The National Campaign 51
- The emergence of Scotland Forward 51
- The late start of Think Twice 57
- SNP involvement 60
- Further campaign research 63
- The campaign proper 65
- Business and devolution 66
- Conservative dilemmas 69
- Diana's death 71
- The last 100 hours 73
- 4 The Scottish Media and the Referendum 78
- Broadcasting 80
- The Scottish morning press 85
- The local weekly press 91
- The media and the public 92
- 5 Local Campaigning in the Referendum 101
- The parties 104
- The ad hoc groups 114
- The death of Diana 116
- The view from the electorate 116
- The impact on the outcome 119
- 6 The Referendum Results 123
- Turnout in the referendum 126
- The vote for the Scottish Parliament 132
- Support for tax-varying powers 140
- A mandate for change? 142
- 7 Voting in the Referendum 144
- Voting and non-voting 144
- Voting on the Scottish Parliament 152
- 8 The Referendum in Context 172
- Referendums in the United Kingdom 172
- The United Kingdom referendums in comparative context 178
- 9 The Aftermath of the Referendum 188
- Legislating for the Scottish Parliament 188
- Preparing for the Parliament 191
- The electoral system 194
- Public opinion in Scotland 196
- The future: an expectations gap 199
- 10 Postscript: The First Elections to the Scottish Parliament 206
- Trends in public opinion 206
- The result of the election 208
- List voting 209
- Turnout 212
- Appendix 1 The Referendum Results 215
- Appendix 2 The Survey of Electors 219
- Mechanics of the survey 219
- Response rate 220
- Geographical distribution of respondents 220
- The referendum result 221
- General election vote 221
- Social characteristics of respondents 222.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-231) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0714650536
- 0714681040
- OCLC:
- 42960691
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