1997 General Election and Beyond

The 1997 General Election and Beyond

By: A. Brown, D. McCrone, L. Paterson

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Hardcover | 20 December 1998 | Edition Number 1

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The book draws on original academic research to discuss the outcome of the 1997 general election in Scotland, and the overwhelming endorsement of a Scottish parliament in the referendum of September 1997. It offers the most rigorous and up-to-date assessment of Scottish electoral politics that is available, setting the 1997 Scottish result in a comparative context with the rest of Britain, and in a context of changing political attitudes and behaviour since the 1970s. The 1997 general election ranks - along with 1945 and 1979 - as a turning-point in the post-war UK. For Scotland, the most important outcome of the election is likely to be the setting up of a Scottish parliament. The book uses survey evidence to attempt to understand the results of the general election and the referendum in Scotland, and assesses the relationship between national identity and the policy agenda as Scotland moves towards a new constitutional future.

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'The Scottish Electorate is a fascinating and authoritative study of Scottish politics in the momentous year that saw the near elimination of conservative Scotland and the decisive steps taken to establish the first Scottish Parliament for three centuries. As the first election to that Parliament draws ever closer, this snapshot of the electorate in its most recent times of decision will be of compelling interest to all who are curious about or interested in its next decision.' - Neil MacCormick, Professor of Public Law, University of Edinburgh

'The definitive study of what Scots think about politics as devolution approaches. Essential reading for all those interested in either the future of Scotland or the future of the UK.' - John Curtice, Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde and co-director of the ESRC Centre for the Study of Elections and Social Trends

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