Between Two Unions

This book is the first in-depth comparative study of Scottish devolution and the first to analyse the impact of the European dimension. With focus on the periods leading up to the referendums in 1979 and 1997, it investigates positions and strategies of political parties and interest groups and how these influenced constitutional preferences at mass level and ultimately the referendum results. Based on rigorous analysis of an extensive body of quantitative and qualitative sources, it builds a ground-breaking argument that challenges the widespread thesis that support for devolution was a consequence of Conservative rule between 1979 and 1997. It shows that the decisive factors were changing attitudes to independence and the role of the European dimension in shaping them. The book is essential reading for students and scholars of British, European and comparative politics from 3rd-year courses upwards and will also appeal to lay readers interested in contemporary affairs.

ISBN 0719070805   Pages 192 ISBN13 9780719070808 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Manchester University Press   Weight (grammes) 435 Imprint Manchester University Press   Published in Manchester Format Hardback   Series title Devolution Series Publication date 12 Jan 2006   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress JN   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 320.9411   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly

1		Introduction		1
2		Political parties		26
3		Interest groups		44
4		Public opinion		62
5		Failed Europeanisation in the 1970s		75
6		Political parties		84
7		Interest groups		101
8		Public opinion		120
9		Successful Europeanisation in the 1990s		131
10		Explaining Europeanisation and devolution		140
11		Epilogue : a new Scotland in a changing Europe		156

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