Elite Narratives, public spaces and the making of Modern Scotland : independence of the mind / Gerry Hassan, University of the West of Scotland, UK.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hassan, Gerry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences).

Manners and customs.

Politics and government.

Scotland--Politics and government--21st century.

Scotland.

Scotland--Social life and customs--21st century.

Elite (Social sciences)--Scotland.

Political science.

Physical Description:

ix, 266 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

"This study explores modern Scotland AND examines how Scottish politics, culture and identities have interacted within the national and international contexts in the last thirty years. It considers which voices and opinions have proven influential and defining, and charts the boundaries of public conversation to and beyond the independence referendum. This book locates contemporary debates on Scottish self-government in an analysis of the long term historic development of Scottish autonomy and difference. Based on extensive interviews with leading members of the Scottish political commentariat, it applies the idea of 'elite narratives' to articulate how ideas and debate can slowly shift and frame public opinion. It draws on ideas of the construction of the near-past, folklore, collective memories, power, voice and space, to bring together an original contribution to politics, media and the dynamics of public debate"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction: The Scottish Debate and the Crises of Britain

PART I: THE LONG REVOLUTION

1. Investigating Scotland's Public Life, Sphere and Voices

2. Understanding Scotland: Nationhood and the Claim of Sovereignties

3. Power: Political and Media Dimensions

4. Scotland's Public Spaces and the Myth of 'Civic Scotland'

5. The Scottish Media: Continuity, Change, Crisis

PART II: STORIES OF MODERN SCOTLAND

6. The Scottish Political Commentariat

7. Restless Nation: Thatcherism's as Scotland's 'Other'

8. The Scottish Parliament, Devolution and a New Political Landscape

9. The Boundaries and Bandwidths of Public Scotland

10. A Very Different Assembly? Gender, Ethnicity, Class and National Identity

11. Anatomy of Modern Scotland: Spaces and Places

12. Political and Cultural Elite Battles and the 'Children of the Echo'

13. Post-Nationalist Scotland, Post-Nationalist UK?

14. State of Independence.

ISBN:

9781137414137

1137414138

OCLC:

882530935