Whatever happened to Tory Scotland? / edited by David Torrance.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Torrance, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservative Party (Scotland).

Scotland--Politics and government.

Scotland.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

viii, 190 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2012]

Summary:

"You might not believe it now, but the Scottish Conservative Party played a significant role in the politics of Scotland during the last century. The party governed Scotland and the UK for much of the 20th century. But their support has nosedived from a majority of votes and seats at the 1955 general election to just a single constituency and 17 per cent of the vote in May 2010. This collection brings together academics, writers, commentators and analysts of Scottish politics to address the nature of the Scottish Conservative Party: its standing in Scotland, its influence on the Union, its role in the Scottish Parliament and why it fell so out of favour with the Scottish electorate."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Centenary Blues: 100 Years of Scottish Conservatism / David Torrance

Patriotism, Paternalism and Pragmatism: Scottish Toryism, Union and Empire, 1912-65 / Richard Finlay

More than a Name: the Union and the Un-doing of Scottish Conservatism in the 20th Century / Margaret Arnott and Catriona M. M. Macdonald

Smithians, Thatcherites and the Ironies of Scottish Conservative Decline / Colin Kidd

'It's only a Northern Song': The Constant Smirr of Anti-Thatcherism and Anti-Toryism / Gerry Hassan

The Wilderness Years / David Torrance

Why no Tory revival in Scotland?

John Curtice

Refashioning Welsh Conservatism - a lesson for Scotland? / David Melding AM

The Press, national identity and the Scottish Tories / Alex Massie

'Handbagging' the feminisation thesis? Reflections on women in the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party / Antje Bednarek

Conservative Unionism: Prisoned in Marble / James Mitchell and Alan Convery.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780748646876

0748646876

9780748646869

0748646868

OCLC:

794814874