- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 188 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- "The Scottish National Party is a study of the SNP immediately after it came to power in May 2007. It is based on a survey of the entire membership and elite interviews with over 80 senior party figures. Discussion is located within the appropriate literatures and comparisons are drawn with other British parties. The image of the SNP as a youthful party, with a decentralized social movement-type organization is challenged. The party is much older and much more male than had previously been thought and appears more like other conventional parties than its past image suggested. Its increased membership in recent years holds few clues as to how to re-engage youth, as even these recent joiners are predominantly older people, often former members returning to the party. The study questions the value of the civic-ethnic dichotomy in understanding nationalism. SNP members, it argues, acknowledge different ways--civic and ethnic, with the emphasis very much on civic--of defining who is Scottish. The picture emerges of a coherent left-of-centre party that accepts the pragmatism of its leadership. While independence remains the key motivation for joining and being active, a sizeable minority see the party as a means of furthering Scottish interests. The idea of independence is examined in elite interviews and found, again, to be understood more pragmatically than many commentators have suggested."--Jacket.
- Uniform Title
- Scottish National Party (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Scottish National Party (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-184) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction -- From blackmail to governing potential -- From amateur-activist to electoral-professional party -- Who are the SNP members? -- Membership motivations -- Activism in the SNP -- Nations, national identity, and nationalism -- Independence, policies, and strategies -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 : survey of SNP members -- Appendix 2 : data and methods.
- LCCN
- 2011380453
- OCLC
- ssj0000628710
- Author
Mitchell, James, 1960-
- Title
The Scottish National Party [electronic resource] : transition to power / James Mitchell, Lynn Bennie, and Rob Johns.
- Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-184) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Chronological Term
1900 - 2099
- Added Author
Bennie, Lynn G.
Johns, Robert, 1975-