Devolution and the Scottish Conservatives : banal activism, electioneering and the politics of irrelevance /

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This is a study of devolution and Scottish politics as well as party political activism more generally. It explores how Conservative Party activists who had opposed devolution and the movement for a Scottish Parliament during the 1990s attempted to mobilise politically following their annihiliation...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Alexander Thomas T. (Alexander Thomas Telford)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2011.
Series:New ethnographies.
Subjects:
Conservative Party (Scotland)
2000-2099
Decentralization in government > Scotland.
Anthropology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Politics and Government.
Decentralization in government.
Politics and government
Scotland > Politics and government > 21st century.
Écosse > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siècle.
Scotland.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note to international readers; 1. Banal activism; 2. A Tory-free Scotland; 3. Dispelling Doonhamers:naming and the numbers game; 4. Making (a) difference:building the political machine; 5. The politics of irrelevance; 6. Disaggregating the secret ballot:electioneering and the politics ofself-knowledge; 7. Counting on failure:Polling Day and its aftermath; 8. Return of the lesser-spotted Tory; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.

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