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

This highly readable book is a unique, ethnographic 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Alexander
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This highly readable book is a unique, ethnographic 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 annihilation at the 1997 General Election.
Physical Description:1 online resource (168 pages).
ISBN:9781847794796