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Author Hearn, Jonathan

Title Claiming Scotland : national identity and liberal culture / Jonathan Hearn
Published Edinburgh : Polygon at Edinburgh, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 222 pages)
Contents 1. Moral Economy -- 2. Home Rule History -- 3. The North-South Divide -- 4. The Public Sphere -- 5. Kingdom to Nation -- 6. Liberalism and Empire -- 7. Welfare State -- 8. Egalitarian Myths -- 9. A Covenanted People -- 10. Covenant, Contract, Convention
Summary "In September of 1997 Scots voted overwhelmingly for the establishment of a modern democratic parliament - their first parliament in almost three hundred years. How did this remarkable constitutional change come about?" "Jonathan Hearn explores this question by examining how claims for greater political autonomy in Scotland today draw on deeper cultural traditions of political thought and action. Scotland's civic nationalism voices a moral critique of neoliberalism and a communitarian defence of the idea of the welfare state, grounding these in Scottish culture and identity." "By placing this movement and its language in their institutional, historical and cultural contexts, this powerful book challenges the conventional distinctions between liberalism and nationalism, and between civic and ethnic forms of nationalism, by arguing for a more nuanced way of thinking about processes of culture, identity and politics."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index
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Subject National characteristics, Scottish.
Political culture -- Scotland
Nationalism -- Scotland
Liberalism -- Scotland
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Civilization
Liberalism
National characteristics, Scottish
Nationalism
Political culture
Nationale identiteit.
Zelfbestuur.
Dezentralisation
Geschichte
Liberalismus
Nationalbewusstsein
Nationalismus
SUBJECT Scotland -- Civilization -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118816
Subject Scotland
Schottland
Form Electronic book
LC no. 00456804
ISBN 058544322X
9780585443225
9781474469050
1474469051