scholarly journals Multinational states: Constitutional challenges: The case of Scotland

2008 ◽  
Vol 60 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 368-400
Author(s):  
Srdjan Korac
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
The Political ◽  
National Party ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Scottish National Party ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
National Movement ◽  
Constitutional Revolution

The author analyses the major changes to the political ideology and policy platform of the stateless nation's movement in Western European postindustrial states, taking the Scottish National Party as an special example. The analysis starts with the evolution of the Anglo-Scottish relations beginning from the creation of Union of English and Scottish kingdoms by the Act of Union in 1707. Author then presents the contemporary relationship between these two provinces of the United Kingdom. He stresses that since 1990s, the Scottish national movement have been pursuing the 'silent constitutional revolution' of this multinational community, which means using the most of globalization, the European integration process, and the so called devolution, to maximize the autonomy of Scotland within the United Kingdom.

Dychotomiczny podział referendów dotyczących integracji europejskiej. Europejskie referenda bottom-up

2021 ◽  
Vol 3(164) ◽  
pp. 37-61
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Parol
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Acquis Communautaire ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Common Category ◽  
The United Kingdom

One of the permanent instruments shaping the acquis communautaire are national referendums, which, although they have a different legal basis in each country, due to their scope, are combined into a common category of referendums on European integration (European referendums). Followed shortly by revision referendums, membership referendums were the first to appear in the integration process. The said referendums are part of the process of the top-down law Europeanisation. They do not, however, exhaust the catalogue of referendums on European integration, which also includes bottom-up Europeanisation national referendums. Because in each case of referendums it is possible to clearly indicate the type of Europeanisation (top-down, bottom-up) which they implement – it seems that this process may become the basis for the internal diversification of European referendums. The aim of the article is to propose a dichotomous division into European top-down and bottom-up referendums, and to analyse the categories of European bottom-up referendums. Six referendums organised after the TL’s entry into force were analysed. These are referendums that took place in: Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Hungary.

After the Scottish Independence Referendum

2019 ◽  
pp. 275-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Tierney
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Constitutional Change ◽  
National Party ◽  
Constitutional Democracy ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
Scottish National Party ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Scottish Independence ◽  
Independent Country

This chapter examines the independence referendum in Scotland, held on September 18, 2014, and its implications for the federal direction of the United Kingdom. The referendum saw 55 percent of Scots say “No” to the question: “Should Scotland be an Independent Country?”. Despite this result, the referendum has sparked a further process of decentralization. The chapter first describes the context that led to the Scottish independence referendum, focusing in particular on the success of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the parliamentary elections of May 2011 and why the referendum emerged from—and was organized within—the normal contours of constitutional democracy. It then considers the period of constitutional engagement and the outcome of the referendum before concluding with an analysis of some of the lessons that can be drawn from it with regard to constitutional change and the issue of secession.

5. The United Kingdom: Towards Isolation and a Parting of the Ways?

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Allen
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
The Political ◽  
British Politics ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Ruling Elite ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
European Diplomacy

This chapter examines the history of the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European integration process. Britain’s relations with the European Union is characterized by partial Europeanization. The British ruling elite, especially the civil service, has been Europeanized. However, the political parties have been beset by internal divisions on European integration, while the British public has not been supportive of integration. The chapter first provides an overview of the UK’s European diplomacy before discussing the impact of Europeanization on British politics. It then considers the differing levels of accommodation with European integration and the changes that have accompanied the coming to power in 2010 of the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition after a lengthy period of Labour rule (1997–2010). The chapter concludes by comparing the UK’s experience with those of fellow member states Ireland and Denmark.

scholarly journals The people have spoken: abide? A critical view of the EU’s dramatic referendum (in)experience

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 397-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Auer
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Critical View ◽  
The Third ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The People ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Understanding

6 December 1992 – 9 February 2014 – 23 June 2016: three national referendums related to the European integration process, the first two in Switzerland, the third in the United Kingdom, with a hardly expected but unmistakably clear anti-European and anti-establishment outcome. The people have spoken, the matter is settled, governments have to abide. So goes the common understanding. In constitutional terms and in the theory of (direct) democracy, however, things may look different.

scholarly journals Commonwealth Games and Their Impact on Scotland’s Future in or outside the United Kingdom

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Ochman
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
National Party ◽  
Scottish National Party ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Scottish Government ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
Commonwealth Games

It is more than probable that the Commonwealth Games in 2014 will be used by the Scottish government as a tool in the battle for independence. For the Scottish National Party (SNP), sport events constitute another opportunity to underline Scottish autonomy. During the last Olympic Games, SNP ministers refused to use the name “Team GB” in their message to the Scottish athletes. Nurturing Scottish pride during the Games has already begun, with the official mascot—the Clyde Thistle, which is Scotland’s national flower and emblem. The mascot of the Commonwealth Games has never waved the patriotic flag as it does now.

scholarly journals DYNAMICS OF THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY’s AGENDA IN THE 2010s

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-326
Author(s):  
M.V. Grabevnik
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Party ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Democratic Party ◽  
National Party ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Scottish National Party ◽  
Party Manifestos ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Scottish Independence

The article focuses on measurement and analysis of the dynamics of the political agenda of the Scottish National Party during the 2010s. The relevance of the study is justified by the current political processes in the United Kingdom, which allows to consider the issue of Brexit and a second referendum as factors in the dynamics of the party agenda. Based on the content analysis of party manifestos, the dynamics of agenda of the Scottish National Party is emphasized. It flexibly and adaptively includes both regionalist and national topics and issues in SNP’s rhetoric and argumentation. Scottish nationalists are increasingly borrowing the agenda of national parties (Conservatives and Labours). At the same time, the SNP consciously positions itself both as a party that remains loyal to regionalist content and as a national party that can compete with large party actors. Being a regionalist social democratic party, the SNP uses two different models of the formation of the party agenda, depending on the political situation. The topics of Brexit, European Union membership and a second referendum on Scottish independence are actively used by the SNP as arguments for expanding their own political subjectivity and regional autonomy, as well as tools for fighting in the domestic political parliamentary and electoral arenas.

At home in the Basel biotope (1968-1974)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Segers
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Financial Economic ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
Bretton Woods ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Status ◽  
Post War

In 1973, the United Kingdom finally became a member of the European Community, together with Denmark and Ireland. This meant the beginning of the end of any serious ambition to develop the political dimension of European integration beyond the status quo. At the same time, the integration process faced new challenges posed by the collapse of the Bretton Woods system. The Netherlands was on the brink of embarking on its happiest period in post-war Western Europe. The ‘new’ European integration that had emerged from the ashes of Bretton Woods, and would include the United Kingdom, became increasingly instrumental, focusing on the market and the management of international financial-economic and monetary affairs: things the Dutch felt they were good at.

Brexit and the Future of the European Union

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Fabbrini
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
European Integration ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Member States ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

This book examines how the European Union has changed during Brexit and because of Brexit, while also reflecting on the developments of the EU besides Brexit and beyond Brexit. It argues that the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU—the first ever case of disintegration since the start of the European integration process—creates an urgent need to reform the EU. In fact, while the EU institutions and its Member States have remained united in their negotiations vis-à-vis the UK, Brexit has created transitional problems for the EU, and exposed other serious fissures in its system of governance which need to be addressed moving forward. As the EU goes through another major crisis in the form of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the case for increasing the effectiveness and the legitimacy of the EU grows stronger. In this context, the book analyses the plan to establish a Conference on the Future of Europe, considering its precedents and discussing its prospects.

UK Brexit is a risky opportunity for the SNP

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
National Survey ◽  
National Party ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Scottish National Party ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Eu

Significance On September 2, in light of the Scottish electorate's overwhelming vote to remain in the EU, Sturgeon's ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) launched a national survey on whether to hold a second referendum on their flagship policy of independence from the United Kingdom. Impacts Sturgeon's display of post-Brexit leadership will cement her popularity in Scotland, regardless of the independence question. The apparent exhaustion of all other options of retaining EU status could see independence support increase. The failure of a second referendum could put an end to the independence cause for a generation.

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