Union and Unionisms

Union and Unionisms
Author: Colin Kidd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2008-12-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521880572

A major survey of Scotland's dominant ideology over the past three centuries by one of its leading historians.

Acts of Union

Acts of Union
Author: Leith Davis
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1998
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780804732697

This book explores the political relationship between Scotland and England as it was negotiated in literature after the 1707 Act of Union. It is built around five discursive encounters between Scottish and English writers: Daniel Defoe-?Lord Belhaven, Tobias Smollett-?Henry Fielding, James Macpherson-?Samuel Johnson, William Wordsworth-?Robert Burns, and Walter Scott-?Thomas Percy.

The Union

The Union
Author: Michael Fry
Publisher: Birlinn
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2012-11-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0857905260

In this fresh and challenging look at the origins of the United Kingdom, Michael Fry focuses on the years which led up to the Union of 1707, setting the political history of Scotland and England against the backdrop of war in Europe and the emergence of imperialism. He rejects the long-held assumption that the economy was of overwhelming importance in the Scots' acceptance of the terms of the Treaty, showing how they were able to exploit English ignorance of and indifference to Scotland to steer the settlement in their own favour. The implications of this have influenced the dynamics of the Union ever since, and are only being fully worked out in our own time.

The Left Case for Brexit

The Left Case for Brexit
Author: Richard Tuck
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2020-04-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1509542299

Liberal left orthodoxy holds that Brexit is a disastrous coup, orchestrated by the hard right and fuelled by xenophobia, which will break up the Union and turn what’s left of Britain into a neoliberal dystopia. Richard Tuck’s ongoing commentary on the Brexit crisis demolishes this narrative. He argues that by opposing Brexit and throwing its lot in with a liberal constitutional order tailor-made for the interests of global capitalists, the Left has made a major error. It has tied itself into a framework designed to frustrate its own radical policies. Brexit therefore actually represents a golden opportunity for socialists to implement the kind of economic agenda they have long since advocated. Sadly, however, many of them have lost faith in the kind of popular revolution that the majoritarian British constitution is peculiarly well-placed to deliver and have succumbed instead to defeatism and the cultural politics of virtue-signalling. Another approach is, however, still possible. Combining brilliant contemporary political insights with a profound grasp of the ironies of modern history, this book is essential for anyone who wants a clear-sighted assessment of the momentous underlying issues brought to the surface by Brexit.

Scots and the Union

Scots and the Union
Author: Christopher A Whatley
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2014-04-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 0748680292

This book traces the background to the Treaty of Union of 1707, explains why it happened and assesses its impact on Scottish society, including the bitter struggle with the Jacobites for acceptance of the union in the two decades that followed its inaugur

Public Opinion in Early Modern Scotland, c.1560–1707

Public Opinion in Early Modern Scotland, c.1560–1707
Author: Karin Bowie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2020-12-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108843476

Reveals the dynamics and rise in prominence of Scottish public opinion in a period of religious and constitutional tension.

The Case for Scottish Independence

The Case for Scottish Independence
Author: Ben Jackson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2020-07-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 110883535X

Traces the development of the ideology of modern Scottish nationalism from the 1960s to the independence referendum in 2014.

Independence Or Union

Independence Or Union
Author: T. M. Devine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2017-02-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9780141981574

'Deserves to be read by everyone interested in the future of the United Kingdom' Andrew Marr, The Sunday Times There can be no relationship in Europe's history more creative, significant, vexed and uneasy than that between Scotland and England. From the Middle Ages onwards the island of Britain has been shaped by the unique dynamic between Edinburgh and London, exchanging inhabitants, monarchs, money and ideas, sometimes in a spirit of friendship and at others in a spirit of murderous dislike. Tom Devine's seminal new book explores this extraordinary history in all its ambiguity, from the seventeenth century to the present. When not undermining each other with invading armies, both Scotland and England have broadly benefitted from each other's presence - indeed for long periods of time nobody questioned the union which joined them. But as Devine makes clear, it has for the most part been a relationship based on consent, not force, on mutual advantage, rather than antagonism - and it has always held the possibility of a political parting of the ways. With the United Kingdom under a level of scrutiny unmatched since the eighteenth century Independence or Union is the essential guide.

Nation to Nation

Nation to Nation
Author: Stephen Gethins
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2021-03-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1910022519

Scotland has a distinctive place in the world. Nation to Nation explores how this unique relationship with the rest of the world has developed over the years and how it manifests itself today. In this book Stephen Gethins combines his knowledge from years of work in the field - from the conflict zones of the former Soviet Union to the corridors of power in Westminster and Brussels - with insights from political, cultural and academic figures who have been at the heart of foreign policy in Scotland, the UK, Europe and North America. Gethins looks at Scotland's foreign policy to better inform the debate about our country's future and its relationships with its neighbours near and far.