Description
Book SynopsisA unique ethnographic study of Party political activismExploring how Conservative Party activists who had opposed devolution and the movement for a Scottish Parliament during the 1990s attempted to mobilise politically following their annihilation at the 1997 General Election.
Trade Review... Smith's work demonstrates the continued importance of social class in Scottish politics.
This excellent book will be of significance for students of citizenship, nationhood and how constructed identities sit alongside the political processes of parties and activists.
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Table of Contents1. Banal activism
2. A Tory Free Scotland
3. Dispelling Doonhamers: naming and the numbers game
4. Making (a) Difference: building the political machine
5. The Politics of Irrelevance
6.Disaggregating the Secret Ballot: electioneering and the politics of self-knowledge
7. Counting on Failure: Polling Day and its aftermath
8. Return of the lesser-spotted Tory
